FLORA OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Ill 



— Chatham Isl.: southwest end, upper region, Baur, no. 357 (hb. 

 Gi\). James Isl. : Darwin. This smooth-stiped fibrous-rooted fern, 

 with short blunt oblong pinnae, cannot be very satisfactorily placed (as 

 by Hook. & Bak. 1. c.) in A 7 ", cordifolia, Presl, which has tuberous 

 roots, scaly stipes, and triangular often acutish pinnae. Further distrib. 

 Panama, W. Ind., S. Am. 



NOTHOCHLEANA, R. Br. 



N. sulphurea, J. Sm. in Seem. Bot. Herald, 233 (1852-57); 

 Hook. & Bak. Syn. Fil. 373. N. Candida, Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 110 

 (1864). N. argentea, Lowe, Ferns Brit, and Exot. i. t. 55 (1856). 

 Pteris lutea, Hook. f. (3), 168; Anderss. (1), 129, & (2), 40; not 

 Cav. — Galapagos Ids.: Cuming, no. 110, ace. to Hook. 1. c. 

 Albemarle Isl.: Iguana Cove, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 23 (hb. 

 Gr.) ; north mountain, Elizabeth Bay, S?wdgrass & Heller, no. 287 

 (hb. Gr.) ; mountain east of Tagus Cove, altitude 925 m., Snodgrass 

 & Heller, no. 246 (hb. Gr.). James Isl.: Scouler. Further distrib. 

 S. W. United States, Mex., Andean S. Am. 



Pellaea, Link. 



P. geraniaefolia, Fee, Gen. Fil. 130 (1850-1852); Hook. Sp. 

 Fil. ii. 132 ; Hook. & Bak. Syn. Fil. 146. Pteris geraniifolia, 

 Hook. Ic. PL x. t. 915 (1854). — Galapagos Ids.: Douglas, ace. to 

 Hook. Sp. Fil. ii. 133. Further distrib. general in trop. reg. Strik- 

 ingly like Pteris pedata, L., but with free veinlets. 



POLYPODIUM, L. 



P. angustifoltum, Sw. Syn. Fil. 27 (1806); Raddi, Fil. Bras. 14, 

 t. 24, f. 2. P. ensifolium, Willd. Sp. PL v. 152 (1810). Marginaria 

 enslfolla, Presl, Tent. Pterid. 188 (1836) ; Hook. f. (3), 167; Anderss. 

 (1), 127, & (2), 39. — James Isl.: Darwin, ace. to Hook, f., 1. c, 

 an occurrence apparently doubted by Andersson and not subsequently 

 confirmed by more recent collector?. Further distrib. Mex., W. Ind., 

 S. Am. 



P. aureum, L. Sp. 1087 (1753) ; Lowe, Ferns Brit, and Exot. ii. 

 t. 56 ; Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 16. Pleopeltis aurea, Presl, Tent. Pterid. 193 

 (1836); Hook. f. (3), 167; Anderss. (1), 128, & (2), 39. — Galapagos 

 Ips. : Capt. Wood, ace. to Hook. 1. c. James Isl.: Darwin, ace. to Hook. 

 f. (3), 167. This large and conspicuous species, secured by these early 

 collectors on the Galapagos Ids., has curiously eluded the subsequent 



