AN ENUMERATION OF CULTIVATED FEfiNS. 801 



.56. VITTARIA (p. 130). 



2. V. remota, Fee; Hook. Sp. Fil. t.p 185.— W. Indies. K. 



2. V. stepitata, Kze.; Hook. Sp. Fil. p. 179. — Columbia to 

 Peru. K. 



T£iBE Va.-CTENOPTEEIDEZE. 



J. 8m. Hist. Fil. p. 183. 



Fronds linear, repand, sinuose, moniliform or pinnatifid, rarely 

 pinnate, or more compound, from an inch to a foot or more in 

 length. Veins free ; sori punetiform, naked. 



Obs. — This tribe embraces about 50 or 60 small, neat-growing 

 ferns, no.ae of whioh have as yet been introduced cscept the 

 following. 



60a. CTENOPTERIS, Bl. 



(Polypodium sp., And. Hook. Sp. Fil.) 



Vernation fasciculate or sarmentose. Fronds linear lanceo- 

 late, sinuose, or more or less deeply pinnatifid or pinnate, rigid, 

 erect: jar thin and pendulous ; segments entire, dentate or laci- 

 niated. . Veins once forked, rising from the midrib of each 

 segment or lacinse, generally obscure. Sori punetiform, ter- 



