69. VITTAKIA. § 1. EUVITTAWA. B5B 



gradually towards the base, which is ± % m.M. broad. Texture rigid; cos- 

 ta nearly invisible. Lips of the grooves equal. 

 Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, 



* (3) V. angntstifolia, m., 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, IS— 25 c.M. long, I'/i— 3 m.M. broad, narrowed gradu- 

 ally towards the base, which is +, 7,-1 '4 m.M. broad. Texture rigid; 

 costa nearly invisible. 



Malacca, Sumatra, Java, Borneo: 



* (4) 'W. erassifolia, Jris., 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, Klf., Enum. Fil, 193; Ban. & Hk., Gen. Fil., tab. 

 LXVIII; y. plamtaginea, Hk. Sf 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. 



Malay ti; Polynesia. 



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

 1; V. ensifolia, BL, Enum., 198; V. elmffata, 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, the 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. 



l^ar. dilatata: Fronds ± 1 — I'/j c.M. broad. 



Java, Sumatra; Mascarenes. 



