12 ALLAN HANCOCK ATLANTIC EXPEDITION REPORT 



Distribution : Native of tropical and subtropical Asia. 

 Dryopteris ampla (Willd.) Kuntze 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R26. 



Distribution : Yucatan to Ecuador and the West Indies. 

 Hypoderris brownii J. Sm. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R26. 



Distribution : West Indies. 



POLYPODIUM PHYLLITIDIS L. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R14. 

 Distribution : Mexico to Argentina and the West Indies, Florida. 



GRAMINEAE 

 Pharus LATIFOLIUS L. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, Trinidad, April 18, Elmore 

 R23. 



Distribution: Guatemala and West Indies to Brazil. 



CYPERACEAE 

 Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. 



Pitch Lake, April 17, Elmore S3; in crevices of asphalt. 

 Distribution: Widely distributed in tropical regions. 



ARACEAE 

 Anthurium cf. Bakeri Hook. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Ehnore R15. 



Distribution : Native of Costa Rica, described from cultivated intro- 

 duction in the Kew Gardens. 

 Anthurium Hookeri Kunth 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R4. 



Distribution: British Guiana, West Indies. 

 Spathiphyllum cannifolium (Dryand) Schott. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R25. 



Distribution : Northern South America, Trinidad. 



ORCHIDACEAE 

 Epidendrum fragrans Swartz 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R27. 

 Distribution : Guatemala and Peru to the West Indies. 



