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and mucli more thorough collectors who have visited the archipelago. 

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

 • P. cuAssiFOLiuM, 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. coi'iaceum, Raddi, Fil. Bras. 16, t. 25. Pleuridiuiii ci'assi- 

 foliu7n,Fee, Gen. Fil. 273. — Galapagos Ids.: Capt. Wood (hh. Kew). 

 Further distrib. Mex., ^Y. Ind. to Peru and Brazil. 



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

 Acrostlclium polyiwdioides, L. Sp. 1068 (1753). Marginaria incana, 

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

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

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

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

 Daru'ln. Further distrib. U. S., Mex., W. Ind., S. Am., Trop. Afr. 



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

 PI. V. 147 (1810). P. lepidotitm, Willd. in Schlecht. Adumbr. 17, t. 8 

 (1825). PUopeltis ensifolia, Hook. Ex. Fl. t. 62 (1823). P. macro- 

 carpa, Kaulf. Euum. Fil. 245 (1824j ; 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. Lepicystis 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. : Dnricin ; in upper shaded region, Anders- 

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



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

 iv. 211; Hook. & Bak. Syn. Fil. 346. AcrosticJiiini lepndopderis, 

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

 Wood, ace. to Hook., 1. c. Further disti^ib. general in trop. Am. 



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

 tulatum. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 720 (1848). Gonioplileh'mm loriceum, J. 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. : Daricin. Endemic. To 

 tlii-! 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 



