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and much more thorough collectors who have visited the archipelago. 

 Further distrib. Southern U. S., Mex., \V. Ind., S. Am., "Australia." 



P. crassifolium, L. Sp. 1083 (1753) ; Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 62; Hemsl. 

 Biol. Cent. -Am. Bot. iii. 656; N. E. Brown, Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 vi. 85. P. coriaceum, Raddi, Fil. Bras. 16, t. 25. JPleuridium crassi- 

 folium, Fee, Gen. Fil. 273. — Galapagos Ids.: Capt. Wood (hb. Kew). 

 Further distrib. Mex., W. Ind. to Peru and Brazil. 



P. incanum, Sw. Prodr. 131 (1788) ; Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 208. 

 Aerosticlium pyohjpodioides, L. Sp. 1068 (1753). Marginaria incana, 

 Presl, Tent. Pterid. 188 (1836); Hook. f. (3), 166; Anderss. (1), 127, 

 & (2), 38 (where P. incisum, Sw., is incorrectly given as a synonym, 

 instead of the correct P. incamtm, Sw.). — Galapagos Ids.: Capt. 

 Wood, ace. to Hook. 1. c. Albemarle Isl. : Macrae. Charles Isl. : 

 Darwin. Further distrib. U. S., Mex., W. Ind., S. Am., Trop. Afr. 



P. lanceolatum, L. Sp. 1082 (1753). P. macrocarpum, Willd. Sp. 

 PI. v. 147 (1810). P. lepidotum, Willd. in Schlecht. Adumbr. 17, t. 8 

 (1825). Pleopeltis ensifolia, Hook. Ex. Fl. t. 62 (1823). P. viacro- 

 carpa, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. 245 (1824); Hook. f. (3), 167; Anderss. 

 (1), 127, & (2), 39. P. lanceolata, Presl, Tent. Pterid. 193 (1836) ; 

 Anderss. (1), 128, & (2), 39. P. lepidota, Hook. f. (3), 167; Anderss. 

 (1), 126, & (2), 39. Lipicystis lanceolata, Diels in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Nat. Pflanzenf. i. Abt. 4, 323 (1899). — Albemarle Isl.: Iguana 

 Cove, on trees and bushes, alt. 310 m., Snodgrass & Heller, no. 127 

 (hb. Gr.). Charles Isl. : Darwin ; in upper shaded region, Anders- 

 son. James Isl. : Darwin. Further distrib. trop. of both hemispheres. 



P. lepidopteris, Kunze, Linnaea, xiii. 132 (1839) ; Hook. Sp. Fil. 

 iv. 211; Hook. & Bak. Syn. Fil. 346. Acrostichum lepidopteris } 

 Langsd. & Fisch. Fil. i. 5, t. 2 (1810). — Galapagos Ids.: Capt. 

 Wood, ace. to Hook., 1. c. Further distrib. general in trop. Am. 



P. loriceum, L. Sp. 1086 (1753) ; Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 21. P.punc- 

 tulatum, Hook. Ic. PI. t. 720 (1848). Goniophlebium loriceum,3. Sm. 

 in Hook. Gen. Fil. under t. 51 (1838); Moore, Ind. Fil. 392. — Gala- 

 pagos Ids. : ace. to Moore, 1. c. Further distrib. general in trop. Am. 



P. paleaceum, Hook. f. (3), 166 ; ? Anderss. (1), 126, & (2), 38 ; 

 ? Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 261. ? Alsophila sp., Rob. & Greenm. (1), 149. 

 — Charles Isl. : Darwin. James Isl. : Darwin. Endemic. To 

 this species I would doubtfully refer specimens from Albemarle Isl., 

 Iguana Cove, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 113 (hb. Gr.) ; Charles Isl., 

 Andersson, Lee (hb. U. S. Nat. Mus.) ; and Chatham Isl., southwest 



