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Octoser 90, 1908] PrERIDoPHYTKS or THE Horn or NEGROS 407 
VITTARIA Smith. 
Vittaria alternans Copel. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 C (1907) 
157. 
Dense tufts on mossy trees, alt. 800 m., Nos. 10214, 
10393. 
Mindanao. 
Young fronds reddish when fresh. 
Vittaria Merrillii Christ in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 C (1907) 
174. 
Pendent from mossy trunks, alt. 800 m., Nos. 9860, 
10165. 
Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao. 
Fronds wavy, and sometimes even twisted. 
. Vittaria scolopendrina (Bory) Thwaites. 
Large clumps pendent from mossy trees, alt. 1200 m., 
Nos. 9718, 9963. ''Manalo."' 
Catanduanes (leg. Baranda), Mindoro, Mindanao. 
Africa to Samoa. 
Stipes rigid, breaking with a snap. 
Loxogramme (Bl.) Presl. 
Loxogramme dimorpha Copel. spec. nova. 
Species mirabilis cujus frons fertilis Vittariam simulat, 
sterilis Loxogramme typicalis. 
Rhizomate ad truncos scandente et intertexto, 1 mm. 
crasso, radices multas villosas badias emittente, paleis lanceolatis 
apiculatis 6 mm. longis fumoso-castaneis vestito; stipitibus 
subnullis, pseudoartieulatis; fronde sterile ca. 30 cm. alta, 
sicca 2 cm. lata integra plana, viva 3 cm. lata undulata vel 
crispa; subcarnosa, acuta, supra mediam latissima deorsum 
costaque rufescentibus, supra valde plano-carinata; venis princi- 
palibus nullis, venulis laxe anastomósantibus, liberis inclusis : 
paucis; fronde fertile angustissima, 40 cm. alta, 3-4 mm. 
lata, margine acuta, carnosa, carinata, parte tertia basale 
Sterile, soro utroque latere uno, plerumque continuo, fere 
superficiale, paraphysibus paucis linearibus nec capitulatis, 
cellulis annuli 15-17. 
In wet woods, alt. 1050 m., No. 9640. 
This fern is a m as perks as it ' would le. if it 
