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Kaulf. Euum. Fil. 215 (1824). — Galapagos Ids.: Capt. J. Wood, 

 ace. to Hook. 1. c. Further distrib. Mex., W. IncL, trop. S. Am. 



Nephrodium, Rich. 



N. brachyodon, Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 83 (1862); Hook. & Bak. Syn. 

 Fil. 295. — Galapagos Ids. : Capt. Wood. Further distrib. W. Ind., 

 S. Am., Malayan Penin. & Isles. 



N. macrophyllum, Bak. Syn. Fil. 300. Aspidium macrophyllion, 

 Sw. Syn. Fil., 43, 239 (1806); Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 55.— Galapagos 

 Ids. : Capt. Wood, ace. to Hook., 1. c. Further distrib. general in trop. 

 Am. 



N. molle, Desv. Mem. Soc. Linn. vi. 258 (1827); Schott, Gen. Fil. 

 t. 10 (1834) ; Hook. f. (3), 171 ; Anderss. (1), 131, & (2), 41 ; Hook. & 

 Bak. Syn. Fil. 293. Aspidium. molle, Sw. Syn. Fil. 49 (1806); Rob. 

 & Greenm. (1), 149. — Albemarle Isl. : common at 460 m., above 

 Iguana Cove, Snodgrass & Heller, nos. 18 (lib. Gr.), 115 (hb. Gi\). 

 Charles Isl. : Lee (hb. U. S. Nat. Mus.) ; Baur. James Isl. : 

 Darwin. Further distrib. Mex., W. Ind., S. Am., Tropics of Old World. 



N. unptum, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 148 (1810); Hook. & Bak. 

 Syn. Fil. 289 ; Caruel (1), 625. — Chatham Isl. : Chierchia. Further 

 distrib. tropics of both hemispheres. 



N. villosum, Presl, Rel. Haenk. i. 38 (1830) ; Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 134. 

 Polypodium villosum, L. Sp. 1093 (1753). P. Berteroanum, Hook. 

 Sp. Fil. iv. 269, not Spreng. Aspidium villosum, Sw. Syn. Fil. 56 

 (1803). — Chatham Isl.: Capt. Wood, ace. to Hook. 1. c. Further 

 distrib. W. Ind. to Chili. 



Nephrolepis, Schott. 



N. acuta, Presl, Tent. Pterid. 79 (1836); Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 153. 

 Aspidium acutum, Schk. Fil. 32, t. 31. — Bindloe Isl. : Snodgrass 

 & Heller, no. 779 (hb. Gr.). Although the specimens are sterile the 

 somewhat characteristic venation and contour of the pinnae leave no 

 doubt of the identity of this species, which appears not to have been 

 hitherto recorded from the islands. Further distrib. Mex., W. Ind., 

 S. Am., Tropics of Old World. 



N. pectinata, Schott, Gen. Fil. under t. 3 (1834). N. cordifolia 

 ft, Hook. & Bak. Syn. Fil. 300 (1868). A 7 ", cordifolia, Rob. .& 

 Greenm. (1), 149. Aspidium pectination, Willd. Sp. PI. 223 (1810). 

 Nephrodium .pectination, Hook. f. (3), 170; Anderss. (1), 131, & (2), 41. 



