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thousand feet. Schiede found it at Ja la p a , Hac ien d a de la
L aguna, and Huitainalco.
In Mexico it grows on old tru n k s of forest trees, from the
hottest east coast to above nine thousand feet altitude.
Fro n d s simple, linear-lanceolate, glabrous, pendulous, and
coriaceous; the b a rre n frond much shorter and much thinner.
Veins internal, very few, simple, parallel, and th e ir apices
combined, forming a transverse sporangiferous receptacle.
Fro n d s late ra l, forming a dense tussacky mass, on a short,
creeping, scaly rhizoma.
Sori intrama rginal, in a groove which runs nearly the whole
len g th of th e frond.
L en g th from twelve to twenty-four in ch e s; b re ad th an e ighth
of an inch.
F o r fronds of V itta r ia lineata my obligations are due to
Mr. J . Smith, Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew.
This species may he p ro cu red of Messrs. Booth, of H am b u rg ,
and A. H en d e rso n , of P ine-apple Place.
T h e illustration is from a frond sent b y Mr. Smith, of Kew.
Portion of mature I'ronci, under side.
VITTARIA ZOSTER^FOLIA.
W il l d e n o w . F e e . S xMITh . S p e e n g e l . P k e s l .
PLATE LXV.-— B. VOL. I I .
V itta r ia angustifrons. B o k y .
F iito n 'a—Eiband-shaped, (in allusion to th e form o f th e frond.)
Zosterafolia—Zostera-leaved.
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A n o t h e r v e r y r a r e e x c e e d i n g l y n a r r o w - f r o n d e d s p e c i e s ,
e q u a l l y i n t e r e s t i n g w i t h t h a t l a s t d e s c r i b e d .
An evergreen stove species.
N ative of the Mauritius.
F ro n d s pendulous, linear, membranaceous, and smooth.
Veins simple, forming a very acute angle with the midrib,
and th e ir apices prolonged into a transverse marginal vein.
Sori marginal, linear, and continuous.
A l a r g e r a n d b r o a d e r s p e c i e s t h a n V itta r ia lineata.
L en g th about two feet.
Midrib of frond sunk so as to be invisible.
T he present species is in looks a gigantic V itta r ia lineata.
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