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pRovi.xcE OF I'lKAE j)KL Kio : Noiii' IMiuir del liio, Fulmcr <£ Riley 41, 

 S3; I^Jiafrr 388; in nunmtuius north of Sun Dioj^'u do los Bonos, 

 Palmer d- liUcij 510, 571; Los Palacios, Van Herman)! 32!)1. 



rRovixcE OF Mata.nzas: ^'ieinity of Madruga, Britton, Britton d 

 SJiafvr G95. 



Isle of Pikes : .1. A. Taylor 9. 

 Jamaica : 



Monnt Ilernion, near Chepstow, Moore. 



Phymatodes nematorhizon (I), C. Eaton) Underw. in herb. 



Poly podium nemalorhizon D. C. Eaton, Itot. (iaz. 3: 90. 1878. 



'I'liis rare species, founded on Fondler's no. IX from Trhiidad, and known 

 Jiitherto only fi-oni that island, has recently heen collected on the island of 

 Margarita, Venezuela, by Mr. J. li. Johnston (no. 147) at an altitude of rjY) 

 meters. The specimens, which agree perfectly with the types, were distributed -d^ 

 Poiypodiiiin hnicvolatmn T>. 



Polypodium kalbreyeri Itaker, Tiniehri II. 5: 21.5. 18SG; Trans. Einii. Soc. H. 

 Bot. 2: 291. 1SS7. 



Polyyudiiim Joityit)V.s Fee, Crypt. Vase. F.res. 2: 5:i. pi. U.j. f. ,i. 1S72-73, not 



Link, 1850. 



Pohjpodium Iran.sien.'i Eiiidni. Ark. F.ot. 1: 2;J5. pi. It. f. 7. 1903. 



The type of Fee's P, longipea was from Brazil {Glaziou 4414). Dt. Lhidniaii 

 refers here alpo Mosen*s no. 35,35, rcdescrihhig the species under a new name 

 {l\ transicns) supixtsed to hv. liin-ewsary on u<jc(niiit of LWs lioinonyu. Ciiiaiia 

 si)ecimeiis in tliu Ji'nmau lierl^ariiiin at New York, however^ sli(»w that Baker's 

 P, Jailhrcyeri, foiniaod in tlio hUerini on spocinions from Gniana and New 

 Granada, is the same* 



Dr. Christ has roportcd '^ tho sjpocii'S recently from Costa Iliea on one of 

 Werekle^s specimens witliout a<'fnnte locaUty, and the followniii: specimen col- 

 lected by the writer also ajj^rees j>erfectly vith llie Sonth American material; 

 On tree trunks, vicinity of La Pahna, Costa liica, altitnde 14r>0-155U meters, 

 May lOOG, Mawon 4^. 



Polystichum solitarium (Maxou) T'nderw. in lierb. 



Poli/sticJiUm muniliun solitarituft Maxon, I-\'rn lUiil. 11: 30. llHKJ. 



X*rufessur Undei-wood was stron-Iy of th(* opinion that tliis form from 

 Guadelupe Island ^^fl" the coast of T.owim- California is worthy of specitic rank, 

 on the stren^-th of tlui cliaracters pointed ont in the original description. No 

 jidditional specimens have lieeu seen and tlie si>ecies is apparently confmed to 

 Gnadelnpe Island. It is allied also to ]\ falcincUuju of Madeira. 



Tectaria martinicensis (Spreni.%) Maxon. 



As^l,i<Jiton murtinivniHc Spreng. Anloit. Konnt. Gewiichse ed, 1. 3: l:>3. 1804. 



A.^'l}iflliim mavrf>phylU(in 8w, Syn. FiL 4;], 2:VJ. isiMj. 



i^atjt'nut marrophtjlht Moore, Ind. Fil. xxxvi. ISGT, 



ycphnxlium nuwrnplnjlUiin Baker, hi Ilot.k. & Baker, Syn. Fil. ;}0d. 1SG7. 



Common in the West Indies; ai»parently less so in Central and South 

 America. Spren.i^el <'ites Plumier's excellent jtlate 345 as do<^s also Srt'artz, 

 who accredits the name to " lUidolphi, liemerk. e Jteise 2 p. ]0:j, (Xote)*', a 

 woi'k nnknown to (ho \vriti*r. 



«P>ulI. Hcrh. P>oiss, II. 4: llo:;. 1*hh, as /'. Iotif/ipt\s, 



