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Nephrolepis altescandens, Baker. 



Nephrolepis altescandens, Baker in Hook, and Bak. Synopsis Fil., p. 301. 



Polypodium altescandens, Colla in Mem. Acead. Sc. Torino, xxxix. p. 48 ; Hook., Sp. Fil., iv. p. 218. 



Polypodium procurrens, Kunze, Anal. Pteridogr., p. 17; Gay, Fl. Chil., vi. p. 505. 



Juan Fernandez. — Endemic. Climbing high on the trunks of trees — Bertero ; 

 Philippi; Reed; Moseley. 



A near al]y of Nephrolepis ramosa, which is widely spread in the warmer parts of the 

 Old World. 



Polypodium lanceolatum, Linn. 



Polypodium lanceolatum, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 1082 ; Hook, and Bak., Synopsis Fil, p. 356 ; Baker 



in Mart. Fl. Bras., fasc. xlix., p. 536, t. 32. 

 PohipoiUum peltatum, Cav. ? Colla in Mem. Aecad. Sc. Torino, xxxix. p. 52. 

 Polypodium (Phyrnatodes) lepidotum, "VVilld. ; Hook., Sp. Fil., v. p. 56. 

 Pleqpeltis ensifolia, Hook., Exot. FL, t. 62. 



Juan Fernandez. — Creeping over the trunks of trees — Bertero ; Reede ; Philippi ; 

 Moseley. 



This is generally spread in tropical and subtropical South America, in tropical and 

 South Africa ; it also occurs in the Nilgherry Hills in India, in St Helena, and in the 

 Sandwich Islands. 



Polypodium punctatum, Thunb. 



Polypodium punctatum, Thunb., Fl. Jap., p. 337; Hook, and Bak., Synopsis Fil., p. 312; Baker in 



Mart. Fl. Bras., fase. xlix., p. 503. 

 Phegopteris rugulosa, Fee; Gay, Fl. Chil., vi. p. 507. 

 Polypodium rugulosum, LabilL, PL Nov. HolL, ii. p. 92, t. 241. 

 Pohjpodhiui xpectahih; Kaulf., Enum. Fil., p. 121. 

 Phegopteris spectabUis, Fee ; Gay, Fl. Chil., vi. p. 507. 



Juan Fernandez. — On the banks of streams in woods in the hills — Bertero ; Cuming. 



Widely spread in tropical and subtropical regions in both hemispheres, and extending 

 into south temperate regions, though hitherto not found in New Zealand. It grows in the 

 Tristan da Cunha group, as well as in St Helena. 



Polypodium translucens, Kunze. (Plate LXIII.) 

 Polypodium translucens, Kunze, Anal. Pteridogr., p. 16. 

 Goniophlebium translucens, F6e ; Gay, Fl. Chil., vi. p. 509. 

 Polypodium (Goniophlebium) translucens, Hook., Sp. Fil., v. p. 22 ; Hook, and Bak., Synopsis FiL, 



p. 342. 

 Polypodium intermedium, Colla in Mem. Aecad. Sc. Torino, xxxix. p. 51, t. 74. 

 Polypodium californieum, Mett., Polyp., p. 71, non Kaulf. 



Juan Fernandez. — Endemic— Bertero; Douglas; Cuming; Reede; Moseley; Doionton. 



