Portion of mature Frond, under side.
VITTARIA LINEATA.
S m i t h . S c h k ü h r . S c h l e c h t e n d a l .
T J .A T E T.XV. A . VOL . I I .
V itta r ia graminifolia,
Tcenitis linearis,
Tceniovsis lineata,
graminifolia.
K a u l f u s s . K u n z e . S p e e n g e l .
P e e s l . L e ib m a n n .
M a r t e n s a n d G a l l e o t t i .
J . S m i t h . S w a r t z .
M o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n .
J . S m i t h . M o o e e & H o u l s t o n .
V itta r ia—Kiband-sliaped. L in ea ta—Linear.
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So narrow are the fronds of V itta r ia lineata th a t they have
the appearance more of a leafless stem than of a frond. Rare.
A n evergreen greenhouse species.
In tro d u c ed into this country in 1820, b u t extremely rare
in cultivation.
Native of Tropical America, Brazil, and Venezuela. I t is
a common species in Jtfexico. Leibmann found it at S. Ped ro
Tepinapa, and at Teotalcingo, both in the district of Chinantla,
of the department of Oajacas; at Mirador, Huatusco, Chinantla,
department of P u eb la , at an altitude of seven thousand feet;
* on Cerro de Seinpoaltepec, in Oajaca, at an altitude of nine
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