VITTARIA. 183 



IS*. V. minor, Fee; "fronds linear costate obtuse taper- 

 ing at the base into a short stipes, sori apicular broad exactly 

 marginal in a deep sulcus, sporangiasters none/' Fee, Vitfar. 

 ji. 2:3. t. 4./. 2. — Var. /3, minima. Hook. ; fronds 1 inch long 

 less than \ a line wide. 



Hah. Philippine Tslinds, Cunilnr/, n. 381 {in part, I a line wide, Fee). Bor- 

 neo, Sarawak, on mountains, alt. 2500 feet, Thos. Lobb, in Herb. nostr.—Var. p. 

 Moulmeine, Pat'inh. — My specimens from Borneo are IX-^ iiiclics long, scarcely 

 more than a line wide ; the caudex is erect as in V. falca/a, and it is probably 

 too near that species. 



§ 2. Sori endophyllous. — Euvittaria. 19-21. 

 a. Fronds costate. 19, 20. 



19. V. zostera'foVia, Bory; "'fronds vittate broad linear- 

 falcate at the apex dilated tapering below into a long stipes 

 llexuose membranaceous subdiaphanous brown when dry, 

 costa extending from the base to the apex, sori concealed in 

 the mesoj)hyl of the frond, caudex creeping densely palea- 

 ceous with very long subulato-setaceous erect iridescent scales 

 black lanceolate can eel late, the margin flexuose." Fee. — Bonj, 

 Itin. i.'p. 238, and ii. j). 324. Willd. Sp. VI. v. 'p. 406. BL 

 En. Fil.Jav.p. 200. Fee, Vittar.p. 20. t. 2./. 2. Metten.FU. 

 Nov. Caledon. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ath ser. xv. p. 59. 



Hab. Bourbon, Borij. JTanritius, Sieber, Si/n. Fil. n. C3, aiid Bojer {snh noni. 

 V. isoetifolia). .Tobanna Island, Speke. Owhyhee, Menzies, in Herb, nos/r. 

 New Caledonia, Vieillard, n. 1577, in Herb, nostr. {from Mettenius). Fernando 

 To, east tropical Africa, G. Mann, n. 124 and 1366, alt. 4000 feet. Sierra 

 Leone, Barter. — This is a true Vittaria ; the sorus is in the cleft of the margin, 

 yet the two sides or valves of the cleft are unequal in breadth, shortest on the 

 under side, so that the sorus is brought more into view by looking at the under 

 rather than the upper side, and also in consequence of a rccurvature of the margin 

 in the dried state. 



20. V. bisulcnta, Kze. ; " fronds narrow linear thick opaque 

 narrower at the base, costa conspicuous as far as the middle 

 of the frond blackish when dry, caudex creeping flexuose, 

 sori endophyllous the lips of the cleft contracted, the mar- 

 gins preserving the aspect and consistence of the frond." 

 Fee.— Kze. in Fee, Gen. Fil. t. 8. B.f. 2. Vittar. jo. 21. 



Hal). Java, '* Zollinger, n. 867." — "Fronds 14-16 centim. long, 2 millim. 

 broad. Cette plante ne pent c-tre confondu avec nulie autre, etant la seule qui, 

 dans cette section, ait, avec le V. zostercefolia, un mesoneure (costa) apparent." 

 With this I am unacquainted. 



p. Fronds ecostate. 21-24. 



21. V. Otvariensis, Fee; "fronds fasciculate convolute 

 linear long ecostate thick opaque greyish when dry fragile, 



