Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



YITTARIA LINEATA. 



Smith. Schkuhr. Schlechtendal. 



PLATE LXV. A. VOL. II. 



Vittaria graminifolia, 

 (( it 



TcBnitis linearis^ 

 Tceniopsis lineata, 



" graminifolia, 



Kaulfuss. Kunze. Speengel. 

 Peesl. Leibmann. 

 Maetens and GtALLEOTTI. 

 J. Smith. Swaetz. 



MOOEE AND HOULSTON. 



J. Smith. Mooee & Houlston. 



Vittaria — Kiband-sliaped. 



Lineata — Linear. 



So narrow are the fronds of Vittaria lineata that they have 

 the appearance more of a leafless stem than of a frond. Rare. 



An evergreen greenhouse species. 



Introduced into this country in 1820, but extremely rare 

 in cultivation. 



Native of Tropical America, Brazil, and Venezuela. It is 

 a common species in Mexico. Leibmann found it at S. Pedro 

 Tepinapa, and at Teotalcingo, both in the district of Chinantla, 

 of the department of Oajacas; at Mirador, Huatusco, Chinantla, 

 department of Puebla, at an altitude of seven thousand feet; 

 on Cerro de Sempoaltepec, in Oajaca, at an altitude of nine 



