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ODONTOSORIA RETUSA (Cav.) J. Sm. in Bot. Voy. Herald (1857) 
430. 
Dawallia retusa Cav. Deser. (1802) 278. 
Admitted on the authority of Safford. 
Malaya and Polynesia. 
POLYPODIUM Linnaeus 
POLYPODIUM PHYMATODES Linn. Mant. (1771) 306. < 
Phymatodes phymatodes Maxon ex Safford in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 9 
(1905) 852, pl. 62. 
Mrs. Clemens s. n., McGregor 462. 
Tropical Africa and Asia to Australia and Polynesia. 
POLYPODIUM PUNCTATUM (Linn.) Sw. in Schrad. Journ. 1800’ (1801) 
21. 
Acrostichum punctatum Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 (1763) 1524. 
Microsorium irioides Fée Gen. (1850-52) 268. 
McGregor 555, Mrs. Clemens s. n. 
Tropical Africa, Asia, through Malaya to Polynesia. 
SCHIZOLOMA Gaudichaud 
SCHIZOLOMA ENSIFOLIUM (Sw.) J. Sm. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 3 (1841) 
414. = 
Lindsaea ensifolia Sw. in Schrad. Journ. 1800* (1801) 77. E 
McGregor 408. ; 
Tropical Africa and Asia to Polynesia. 
PTERIS Linnaeus 
PTERIS BIAURITA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1758) 1076. 
Admitted on the authority of Safford. 
Warmer parts of both hemispheres. 
PTERIS QUADRIAURITA Retz Obs. 6 (1791) 38. 
Admitted on the authority of Safford. 
Same range as the preceding (?), with which it is frequently confused. 
PTERIS TRIPARTITA Sw. in Schrad. Journ. 1800° (1801) 67. ‘= 
Pteris marginata Bory Voy. 2 (1804) 192. 2 
Admitted on the authority of Safford. 
Tropical Africa and Asia to Polynesia. 
TECTARIA Cavanilles 
TECTARIA CRENATA Cav. Descr. (1802) 250. 
G. E. S. 201. 
Widely distributed in Malaya. 
VITTARIA Smith 
VITTARIA ELONGATA Sw. Syn. (1806) 109, 302; Safford 398. 
McGregor 487. 
Tropical Asia to Polynesia. 
