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Polypodium phymatod.es, Linn. 



Poli/podium phijmatodes, Linn. ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xv. p. 110; Benth., Fl. Austr., 



viL p. 769. 

 Pleopeltis phymatodes, T. Moore; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 368. 



Admiralty Islands. — Widely spread in the tropics of the Old World, and ranging in 

 Polynesia from New Caledonia to the Fijis and Tahiti. 



Polypodium (Phymatodes) nigrescens, Blume. 



Poli/podium (Phijmatodes) nigrescens, Blume ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xv. p. 110 ; Benth., 

 Fl. Austr., vii. p. 769. 



Admiralty Islands. — North-eastern Australia to the Malayan Peninsula and the 

 Philippines, and eastward in Polynesia to the Fijis and Samoa and Savage Islands, in the 

 Navigators' group. 



Vittaria elongata, Swartz. 



Vittaria elonrjata, Swartz; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xv. p. Ill; Benth., Fl. Austr., vii. 



p. 718. 

 Vdtaria rigida, Kaulf. ; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 372. 



Admiralty Islands. — Eastern Australia to the Himalayas, Mascarene Islands, the 

 warmer parts of Africa ; and throughout Polynesia from New Caledonia to Tahiti, the 

 Sandwich and Marianne Islands. 



Acrostichum (Stenochlsena) scandens, J. Sm. 



Acrostichum (Stenochlcena) scandens, J. Sm. ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xv. p. Ill ; Benth., 

 Fl. Austr., vii. p. 778 ; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 373. 



Admiralty Islands. — North-eastern Australia to the Himalayas, and eastward in 

 Polynesia to the Fijis and Samoa. 



Acrostichum (Gymnopteris) repandum, Blume. 



Acrostichum (Gymnopteris) repandum, Blume, var. quoyanum, Gaud. ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 Lond., xv. p. Ill ; Benth., Fl. Austr., vii. p. 779. 



Admiralty Islands. — North-eastern Australia to China and the Philippines, Mascarene 

 Islands, and in Polynesia eastward to the Fijis and Samoa, and southward to New 

 Caledonia. 



Acrostichum (Photinopteris) thomsoni, Baker. 



Acrostichum (Photinopteris) thomsoni, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xv. p. 111. 

 Fronds subsessile, membranous, glabrous, the barren part lanceolate, 2-3 feet long, 6-8 

 inches broad, cut down to a broad wine: into lanceolate or deltoid lobes; those of the 



