194 ; THE Lire HISTORY OF 
tissime longissimeque linearibus, debilibus. ‚ Fructification - 
continua sub replicato frondis margine, ab istius sinu distincta. 
Hab. in Florida juxta ammem Aisa-hatcha.” " 
It is not likely that the Florida species will be found to be is 
tinct from the West Indian, but until the gametophyte of both vi 
known there is still this possibility. Fée has suggested it in his 
memoir, as he states that he has seen in Willdenow's herbarium ۳ 
specimen of V. Zineata collected in Jamaica by Swartz, which : 
bright amber-colored sporangiasters, with the terminal cell gs ve 
or elongated pyriform, and that he also had a specimen co ger 
in Florida from Richard which has ribbon-like sporangiasters. e 
believed the two plants were distinct species. Yet he contradicts 
himself in his description of V. lineata which he attributes to 
Swartz and states that the sporangiasters are vittate, with dilated 
colored contorted apex. He also states, that although V. 0 
i 3 e exists the greatest vagueness and un- 
certainty in the descriptions and that he considers it to be exclu- 
sively American. Unfortunately, he did not figure V. lineata, only 
the variety graminifolia Kaulf, without stating whether he had 
seen the types. He also took up Taeniopsis, as a subgenus, and 
referred V. lineata to it; we have shown that this position is en 
tenable. In this he was followed by the authors of the Synopsis 
Filicum, who also reduced Y. filifolia and several Asiatic species 
to V. lineata. We have already shown in the key, that V. filifolia 
has the characters of à good species, but we have not studied the 
exotic species, 
looked 
plate. Jenman has descri 
of V. lineata from which it i 
small barren fronds 
As none of the descriptio: 
we have framed one from fres 
obliged to limit it to F lorida 
ERI GS Ber aes 
