Identifier: fernsbritishexot02lowe (find matches)
Title: Ferns: British and exotic..
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Lowe, E. J. (Edward Joseph), 1825-1900
Subjects: Ferns
Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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seed-massesare mature. Fronds thick, shining, and deep green. For fronds of this Fern my thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith,of the Royal Gardens, Kew; Messrs. Booth, of Hamburg; Mr.Sim, of Foots Cray; Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth;Mr. G. Norman, of Hull; and Messrs. E-ollisson, of Tooting. This species may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foots Cray;Booth, of Hamburg; Veitch, Jun., of Chelsea; and RoUisson,of Tooting. The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. R. Sim, of FootsCray, VITTARIA. 14T GENUS VIII. VITTARIA. J. Smith. An interesting small tribe of plants, two species of whichhave been introduced into this country. The fronds are simple, linear, and smooth. Habit pendulous. Veins simple, forming an acute angle with the midrib, andhaving their apices prolonged into a transverse marginal vein,which eventually becomes the sporangiferous receptacle. Sori marginal or slightly intramarginal, being a continuousline, looking like the fructification of the Pteris without theindusium.
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LXV- yoL. :>. Portion of mature Frond—under side. YITTARIA LINEATA. Smith. Schkuhr. Schlechtendal. PLATE LXV. A. VOL. II. Vittaria graminifolia,(( it TcBnitis linearis^Tceniopsis lineata, graminifolia, Kaulfuss. Kunze. Speengel.Peesl. Leibmann.Maetens and GtALLEOTTI.J. Smith. Swaetz. MOOEE AND HOULSTON. J. Smith. Mooee & Houlston. Vittaria—Kiband-sliaped. Lineata—Linear. So narrow are the fronds of Vittaria lineata that they havethe appearance more of a leafless stem than of a frond. Rare. An evergreen greenhouse species. Introduced into this country in 1820, but extremely rarein cultivation. Native of Tropical America, Brazil, and Venezuela. It isa common species in Mexico. Leibmann found it at S. PedroTepinapa, and at Teotalcingo, both in the district of Chinantla,of the department of Oajacas; at Mirador, Huatusco, Chinantla,department of Puebla, at an altitude of seven thousand feet;on Cerro de Sempoaltepec, in Oajaca, at an altitude of nine 150 VITTARIA LINE ATA. thou

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