﻿69. VITTARIA. § 1. EUVITTAWA. 55B 



gradually towards the base, which is ± ^2 ™-M- broad. Texture rigid; cos- 

 ta nearly invisible. Lips of the grooves equal. 

 Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes. 



* (3) \. angnstifolia, Bl., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 60. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the scales dense, thin, brown, nearly entire, nar- 

 rowed gradually from the base to the fine, subulate point. Fronds approxi- 

 mate, linear, acute, 15 — 25 c.M. long, l*/^ — 3 m.M. broad, narrowed gradu- 

 ally towards the base, which is + '/i — ^ V2 ^■^' broad. Texture rigid ; 

 costa nearly invisible. 



Malacca, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



* (4) W. crassiifolia, JBfe., Kew Bull., 1893, 212. 



Rhizome short-creeping, woody. Fronds densely approximate, sessile, 

 linear, to 10 — 12 c.M. long, + 5 m M. broad, narrowed gradually at the 

 base. Texture coriaceous, very thick; surfaces naked. Sori in the upper 

 part of the frond, the upper lip of the groove projecting a little beyond the 

 lower. 



Borneo, Banca. 



(5) V. rigida, Hlf., Enum. Fil., 193; Ban. & Hk., Gen. FiL, tab. 

 LXVIII; V. planiaginea, Hk. ^ Grev., Ic. Fil., tab. CLXXXVII. 



Rhizome creeping. Fronds close, linear, subfalcate, 25 — 40 c.M. long, 

 5 — 8 m.M. broad, the base narrowed, clothed with linear-lanceolate, grey, 

 glossy scales. Texture rigid; costa hardly visible. Sori marginal, continuous, 

 reaching nearly to the apex. 



Malaya; Polynesia. 



* (6) V. ensiformis, Ste., Ges. Nat. Fr., II, 134, tab. VII, fig. 

 1; V. ensifolia, BL, Enum., 198; V. elongata, Sw., var. ensiformis, Rac, Flor. 

 Btz., I, 59; V. intermedia, BL, I.e., 199; — var. dilatata. 



Rhizome creeping, the scales black, thin, narrowed gradually from the 

 base to the acuminate, hair-pointed apex, tlie margin serrulate. Fronds ses- 

 sile, approximate, erect, straight or falcate, 10 — 30 c.M. long, + 4—7 m.M, 

 broad, narrowed gradually towards both ends. Texture rigid; costa whether 

 or not visible; veins immersed. Sori marginal; both lips of the grooves equal 

 or the upper projecting a little beyond the lower. 



Tar. dilatata: Fronds + 1—1 V2 c.M. broad. 



Java, Sumatra; Mascarenes. 



