﻿69. VITTARIA. § 2. TAENIOPSIS 889 



rather inconspicuous and flattened upwards. Sori continuous from below 

 the middle to the apex, quite covered by the reflexed margin. 

 Palawan. 



(11a) V. parvula, Bory^ Bel., Voy. Bot., II, 35. 

 Fronds erect, linear, subulate, 10— l^'/j c-M. long, + 1 m.M. broad. 

 Texture rather rigid. 

 Java. 



(116) V. alternanss, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 157. 



Rhizome slender, creeping, densely clothed with minute, subulate, purple- 

 black scales. Fronds seriate, whether or not close, sessile, 10 — 15 c.M. long, 

 at the utmost 1 m.M. broad, + '/a ^i-M- thick, apparently ecostate. Sori 

 intramarginal, in deep grooves, interrupted, not protected by the margin. 



Mindanao. 



* (12) V. longicoma, Christ, Ann. Btz., XX, 129. 



Rhizome creeping, the scales black, linear, hair-like, finely acuminate, + 

 5 m.M. long. Fronds numerous, to 70 c.M. long and longer, 1 — l^j^ m.M. 

 broad, linear, acuminate, the base narrowed. Texture firm; costa prominent, 

 + keel-shaped; veins hidden, very oblique. Sori narrow, reaching nearly the 

 apex and base of the fronds, continuous, placed in submarginal grooves; lips 

 of the grooves elevated, the outer produced, rolled over the sorus when young. 



Borneo. 



(13) ¥. pumila, Mett., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 517, 



Rhizome short, the scales hardly 3 m.M. long, rather rigid, blackish-brown, 

 lanceolate-subulate, serrulate at the base. Fronds linear-spalhulate, 5 72 — 5 c.M. 

 long, + 3 m.M. broad, obtuse, falcate or straight, narrowed towards the base, 

 the edge much recurved. Texture coriaceous; costa very prominent beneath, 

 keeled above; veins immersed, oblique, short. Sori hidden by the revolute 

 edge, medial between the midrib and margin. 



Borneo. 



(14) V. debiliii, Muhn, Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 518. 



Rhizome creeping, the scales linear, pale-brown. Fronds sessile, tufted, 

 ligulate-linear, obtuse, 2^2 — 5 c.M. long, 2'/2 — 4 m.M. broad, narrowed gra- 

 dually at the base. Texture firm, subcoriaceous; costa distinct beneath from 



