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8(35; Jamaica, JJ'^if.io.i, n. 5tt; Mexico, Lichinaiiii {V. grmnlniroUa.) ; South 

 Africa, Sanderson (Natal), Dri'i/p ; Caledoti, Sir Fred. Gray, Pappe and Rawsoa ; 

 Tropical Africa, Fernando Po, alt. 4000 feet, (J. Minn; Qiiorra, linrler, n. 1825 ; 

 south of the Line, Carror ; East Indies, lliuialaya, 30)0-8000 feet, Ilnok. pi. 

 and Thomson, Stracltetj and Wuilerhottom, Ori//ifh; Borneo, Barber, Wallace; 

 Singapore, Tlios. Lobb, G. Tliotuson. Tiiis is the only species admitted into the 

 ' Cape Flora ' by Pappe and Uawson, and prol)al)Iy correctly so. 



12. V. angitst'ifolia, Bl. ; "fronds eoostate very long rigid 

 attenuate convolute when dry scarcely narrower at the con- 

 torted base rigid fragile narrow coriaceous opaque and striated, 

 sori marginal brown, caudex slender creeping with distant 

 fronds, scales criniforni long acuminate brown, veins thick." 

 Fee.—Bl. En. F'd. Jav. p. l'J9. Fte, Vittar. p. IS. t. \.f. 4. 

 /. Sm. 



Ilab. Java, Bliane. Malacca, Cuming, n. 381. — I-I2- foot long, 1} line broad. 

 " EUe a quelques rapports avec le V. lineata ; les marges sont cgalement convo- 

 lutees, mais la presence d'un rhizome charge d'ecailles a bords entiers, la rigiditc 

 du port et les courbes que forraent la base des frondes, ne permettent pas les cou- 

 fondre." Fee. With this I am unacquainted, and I do not appear to possess spe- 

 cimens above referred to from Mr. Cuming. 



B. Spores Irigonous or tricdrous. 13-17. 

 * Sporangiasters cyalliiform. 13, 14. 



1.3. V. isoetifolia,'QoxY ', "fronds fasciculate very long nar- 

 row rigid coriaceous opaque striated canaliculate ecostate, the 

 margins a little incurved scarcely narrower at the base, sori 

 continuous marginal and endophyllous especially in the su- 

 perior part of the frond, caudex surculiform creeping branched 

 clothed with thick fulvous tomentum, the scales lanceolate 

 acuminate toothed at the margin." Fee. — Bory, Itin. W.p. .325. 

 Sw. Si/n. Fit. p. 109. IVUlcl. Sp. PL v. p. 405. Fee, Vittar. 

 p. 19. t. 2./. 3. — Var. /8, angustifrons ?, Bory {Fee). 



Ilab. Mauritius and Bourbon, Bory {Fee). — Often 3 feet and more long, 

 scarcely more than a line in width. "Differs from all the species with narrow' 

 fronds in the sori being situate quite at the edge of the frond, so as to appear en- 

 dophyllous." I regret never to have received a Vittaria from Mauritius or Eour- 

 bon which I could refer to the figure of Fee. 



14. V. GuineensiSy'Desv.; " fronds lanceolate long acumi- 

 nate costate revolute at the margin stipitate, stipites subro- 

 tund very black glossy, sori near the margin snuff-colour, 

 caudex creeping thick as a crow's quill, scales lanceolate 

 dentate." Fee, Vittar. p. 19. — " V. pluntaginea, Spreng., nut 

 Bory." 



Ilab. Oware, tropical West Africa, Beauvois. — " Length 5-GO centim., breadth 

 7-1) centim." 



