6§. VITTARU. § 2. lAENlOPSIS. B6l 



f rottuced heyond the costal parenchyma , i .e. the leaf . tissu a beYond tha ss KB J 

 groove /in transversal section broadly rhomlii uiliil >iilli llll In iiT"iMil I as 



broad as the extrem il) m llii llllii I Ii i more or less obliquely truncate. 



ilaya; Coi t flon, Pol^meia , — — — — — _^_-___^_^.^_____^^.^^ 



(17) \. amboinensis. Fie, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Perns, 407; Tae- 

 niopsis amboinensis, Bedd., Perns Br.I., I, tab. CXVII. 



Rhizome flexuose, contorted, scaly, the scales rigidly toothed at the 

 margin. Fronds stalked, 10—13 c.M. long, 7 — 10 m.M. broad, falcate, acu- 

 minate, tapering gradually downwards. Texture submembranaceous; surfaces 

 naked; costa slender, disappearing below the apex. Sori submarginal, cuticle 

 of the margin resembling a spurious indusium. 



Amboyna, Mindoro; Martaban. 



♦ (18a) \. lineata, Sm. (not Sw.), Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 60; Taeid- 

 opsis lineata, J. Sm., Bedd., Perns SI., tab. LIV; Pleris lineata, L., (oldest 

 name); -r- var. trichoides, Christ, in Warb., Mens, I, S7. 



Rhizome creeping; scales dense, linear-lanceolate, the base broad, the apex 

 suddenly acuminate into a fine point, the colour blackish-brown. Pronds linear, 

 15 — 120 c.M. long, 4 — 9 m.M. broad, stipitate, narrowed gradually to both 

 ends. Texture coriaceous, costa visible, running froiii the base to the apex; 

 veins immersed, parallel, oblique. Sori intramarginal, in shallow grooves, pro- 

 tected by the margin of the frond when young. 



Var. trichoides: Differs from the type in having the fronds + '/2 

 m.M. broad, and the margin so folded over the sorus, that it may scarcely appear. 



Trap. Asia, Japan; Trap. ^ South. Africa; America, from Florida to South. 

 Bra»lm; — var. trichoides: Philippines. 



(186) V. laeniopliylla, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 157. 



Rhizome creeping, the scales dense, lanceolate, subentire, brown, at length 

 whitish. Fronds close, 30—35 c.M. long, 5—7 m.M. broad, acuminate, nar- 

 rowed gradually towards the base. Texture carnoso-herbaceous ; costa distinct 

 to the apex, prominent beneath: veins few, hidden. Sori dorsal, superficial. 



Luzon. 



• (19) V. scolopendrina, Thw., Rac, Flor. Btz. I, 59; V. scolo- 

 pendrioides, Metl. (not Thw.), Christ, Ann. Btz.,'KIX,c>9; Taeniopsis scolopendrina, 

 J. Sm., Bedd. Ferns S.I., tab. CCXII; Pteris scolopendrina, Bory, (oldest name).^ 



