FLORA OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Ill 



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

 Gr.). James Isl. : Dancin. This smooth-stiped fibrous-rooted fern, 

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

 by Hook. & Bak. 1. c.) in N. cnrdifoUa, Presl, which has tuberous 

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

 Panama, W. Ind., S. Am. 



Nothochleana, R. Br. 



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

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

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

 Pteris hitea, 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, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 287 

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

 & Heller, no. 246 (hb. Gr.). James Isl.: Scolder, 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. PI. X. t. 915 (1854). — Galapagos Ids.: Douglas, ace. to 

 Hook. Sp. Fil. ii. 138. 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. PI. v. 152 (1810). Marginaria 

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

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

 an occurence apparently doubted by Andersson and not subsequently 

 confirmed by more recent collectors. Further distrib. Mex., W. Ind., 

 S. Am. 



"^ P. auredm, L. Sp. 1087 (1753); Lowe, Ferns Brit, and p:xot. ii. 

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

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

 Ins.: Capt. Wood, ace. to Hook. 1. c. James Isl.: Daririn, ace. to Hook, 

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

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



