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Wright 865, "Cuba orientali, prope villam Monte Verde; in 

 arboribus," Ja-Ju 1859; forested slopes of the Finca las Gracias, 

 Yaleras, Oriente, about 500 m.; on trunk of dead (lodged) tree, 

 W. R. Maxon 4476, 5 My 1907. Jamaica: vicinity of Troy, 600- 

 660 m., W. R. Maxon 2972, 30 Je 1904; on trees over Ginger and 

 Ugly Rivers, St. Mary's Parish. G. S. Jenman, 1874-79. Panama : 

 above Penonome, 650-1,000 m., R. S. Williams 456, Mr 1908; 

 Cana and vicinity, 1,900 m., R. S. Williams 890, Ap-Je 1908. 

 Peru: Cumbassauma Mts. (scrap); Poeppig 176 (scraps of type). 



Specimens examined, U. S. National Herbarium. Bolivia: 

 Yungas, Bang 353. Brazil: Riedel; San Paulo, Rais da Serra, 

 "ad arbores," L. Wackett, 1907; Colombia: H. H. Smith, 2568, 

 800 m.; Costa Rica: Werckle (2); Las Vueltas, Tucurrique, 630 

 m., A. Tondnz 12782, N 1898. Cuba: C. Wright 865; W. R. 

 Maxon 4476. Ecuador: Rio Talesa, 1,400 m., J. Rimhart 72. 



Specimens examined, Eaton Herbarium. Colombia : Atrato 

 and Truando A. Schott 61, D 1857. Cuba: Cuba orientali, C. 

 Wright, Ja-Je 1859. (2). Venezuela: Tovar, 2,000-2,300 m., 

 A. Fendler 239. 



Specimens examined, Herbarium of the Botanisk Museum. 

 Brazil: San Paulo, Santos, Riedel. H. Mosen 3526. Central 

 America: Oersted. Colombia: Moritz 143 in part. 



The great variation in length of specimens included under this 

 species is one of the most notable facts. There can, however, 

 be no doubt as to the identification of all the material as this 

 species. The unicostate scales give a simple and very easily 

 applicable test by which it can be separated from the following 

 species or any other of this group. It seems to grow under a 

 wide range of conditions, this presumably accounting for the 

 variation in size, the small specimens being probably only physio- 

 logical forms. In the West Indies it rarely reaches as full develop- 

 ment as in South America, but even the smallest specimens 

 measured were usually fertile. 



6. Vittaria Ruiziana Fee, Mem. Foug. 3: 16. pi. f. 3. 1852 



Vittaria Moritziana Mett. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. V. 2: 207. 1864. 

 Vittaria Orbignyana Mett. in Kuhn, Linnaea 36: 66. 1869. 

 Vittaria longipes Sodiro, Crypt. Vase. Quitenses 417. 1893. 



