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Kaulf. Euum. Fil. 215 (1824). — Galapagos 1t>&.: dipt. J. Wood, 

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



Nephrodium, Rich. 



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

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

 S. Am., Malayan Peiiin. & Isles. 



N. MACROPHTLLCM. Bak. Syn. Fil. 300. Aspidium macropliyllum, 

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

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

 Am. 



-' xs. molle, Desv. Mem. Soe. Linn. vi. 258 (1827) ; Sohott, Gen. Fil, 

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

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

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

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

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

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



N. UNITUM, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. HoU. 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. 

 Folypodmin villosuvi, L. Sp. 1093 (1753). P. Berteroanuin, Yiodk. 

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

 (1803). — Chatham Isl.: Capd. 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. lud., 

 S. Am., Tropics of Old AYorld. 



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

 fS, Hook. & Bak. Syn. Fil. 300 (1868). ^\ cordifolia, Rob. & 

 Greenm. (1), 149. Asjndium pectinatum, V/"iM. Sp. PI. 223(1810). 

 NepJirodiuvi pectinatum, Hook. f. (3), 170; Anderss. (1), 131, & (2), 41. 



