348 roLYroDiACE.f:. 



coriacea, venis sub luce trausversa haud visis. Sori iutra-marginales. 



Hab. 3It. Ai'isau, inter Mingetsu et Senninbora, leg. B. Hayata et Takeo 

 Ito, Aprili. 1914. 



Vittaria sj). Xo. IV. (Fig. 149-1, m). Epiphytica ad truucos arboris crescens. 

 Khizoma dense squamis obtectum, squamis angustissime linearibus 7-8 mm. 

 longis basi J mm. latis apice subulato-acuminatis margine remote setulosis 

 fascentibus. Stipes 5 cm. longi^ basi dense squamatus supra basin sm-sum 

 glaber basi atro-purpureus subtetragonus latere compressus. FnDns longissime 

 linearis 80 cm. longa 7-8 mm. lata apice gradatim acuminatissima, partibus 

 superioribus minus qiiam 2 mm. latis 3-4 cm. longis, basi gradatim attcnuata 

 ad stipitem abeuns, iiartibiis inferioribus attenuatis minus quam 2 mm. latis 

 13 cm. longis circ. usque ad basin stij^itum abeuntibus, margine integi'a deoi-sum 

 tenuiter recm-va ad marginem tenuissima acuta in sectione, costa supra impressa 

 subtus prominente elevata. Sori intramarginales. Textura chartacea vel char- 

 taceo-coriacea. 



Hab. Urai.= leg. Takeo Ito, 1914. 



Xear Vittaria arisanensis Hay"ATA, but quite distinguishable from it by the 

 blackish scales of the rhizomes. Also near Vittaria suherecia Hatata, but 

 differs from it in having very much thinner margins and thinner textiure ; 

 from V. jajjonica, the preseut species is distinguishable by the celhdar structnre 

 nf tlie scales, which are a little darker than those of V. joponica. 

 Wooflwardia S.mitii. 



Woodwardia Harlandii Hook. E.xot. Fer. t. 7; Hook. et B.vker Syn. 

 Fih p. 1S9. 



Hab. Taiholai : Gauzanko, leg. Takeo Ito, I\hii. 191.5. 



Our fern accords pretty well with the figurcs given in Hooker's Exotic 

 Ferus. 



Woodwardia Takeoi H.ayata sp. nov. Ehizoma ignotum. Stipes 38 cm. 

 longus basi fusco-nigricans basi sursum stramineus basi sparse squamatus, squa- 

 mis minutis, sursum haud squamatus glaberrimus. Frons in arabitu triangularis 

 25 cm. longa 27 cm. hxta apice perfecte triangulari-acuta vel ad summum subito 

 acuminata basi latissima plus minus cordata vel truncata bipinnatifida vel basi 

 us(jue ad rhachin secta sursum minus fida apice haud fida ; pinnis oppositis 



