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  JOURNAL 
  OF 
  THE 
  WASHINGTON 
  ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES 
  VOL. 
  12, 
  NO. 
  20 
  

  

  The 
  generic 
  type; 
  known 
  from 
  Madeira, 
  Teneriffe, 
  and 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Azores; 
  originally 
  described 
  from 
  San 
  Miguel. 
  The 
  very 
  large 
  sori 
  at 
  once 
  

  

  distinguish 
  this 
  species, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  following 
  specimens 
  are 
  at 
  hand 
  : 
  

  

  Madeira: 
  San 
  Vicente, 
  June 
  21, 
  1850, 
  Lowe 
  31. 
  Without 
  special 
  locality 
  

   Mandon 
  300; 
  Mason 
  in 
  1857. 
  

  

  Azores: 
  San 
  Miguel, 
  Trelease 
  1143. 
  Pico, 
  C. 
  S. 
  Brown 
  317. 
  

  

  2. 
  Culcita 
  coniifolia 
  (Hook.) 
  Maxon, 
  Report 
  Smiths. 
  Inst. 
  1911: 
  488. 
  

   pi 
  13, 
  f. 
  c. 
  1912. 
  

  

  Dicksonia 
  coniifolia 
  Hook. 
  Sp. 
  Fil. 
  1: 
  70. 
  pi. 
  24. 
  A. 
  1844. 
  

   Dicksonia 
  martiana 
  Klotzsch; 
  Hook. 
  Sp. 
  Fil. 
  1: 
  70. 
  pi. 
  24. 
  B. 
  1844. 
  

   Balantium 
  martianuni 
  Fee, 
  Vase. 
  Crypt. 
  Bres. 
  1: 
  155. 
  1869. 
  

   Culcita 
  schlimensis 
  Fee, 
  Mem. 
  Foug. 
  10: 
  47. 
  pi. 
  36, 
  f. 
  3. 
  1865. 
  

   Balantium 
  coniifolium 
  J. 
  Sm. 
  Hist. 
  Fil. 
  258. 
  1875. 
  

  

  Variable 
  in 
  several 
  characters, 
  but 
  perhaps 
  no 
  more 
  so 
  than 
  to 
  be 
  expected 
  

   in 
  a 
  plant 
  occupying 
  so 
  wide 
  an 
  area. 
  Its 
  nearest 
  ally 
  is 
  C. 
  macrocarpa. 
  

   Hooker's 
  type 
  was 
  from 
  Caracas 
  {Linden 
  538). 
  The 
  following 
  specimens 
  are 
  

   in 
  the 
  National 
  Herbarium: 
  

  

  Jamaica: 
  John 
  Crow 
  Peak, 
  alt. 
  1,650 
  to 
  1,800 
  meters, 
  Harris 
  7336; 
  Under- 
  

   wood 
  3258; 
  Maxon 
  1333, 
  1333a; 
  Blue 
  Mountains, 
  alt. 
  1,800 
  meters, 
  Hart 
  132. 
  

  

  Cuba: 
  Near 
  summit 
  of 
  Pico 
  Turquino, 
  Sierra 
  Maestra, 
  Leon 
  11155. 
  

  

  Costa 
  Rica: 
  San 
  Cristobal, 
  Werckle. 
  San 
  Jeronimo, 
  alt. 
  1,500 
  meters, 
  

   Werckle 
  (Jimenez, 
  no. 
  578). 
  Without 
  locality, 
  Brade 
  142. 
  

  

  Panama 
  : 
  Humid 
  forest 
  between 
  Alto 
  de 
  las 
  Palmas 
  and 
  top 
  of 
  Cerro 
  de 
  la 
  

   Horqueta, 
  Chiriqul, 
  alt. 
  2,100 
  to 
  2,268 
  meters, 
  Maxon 
  5459, 
  5459a. 
  Cordil- 
  

   lera 
  above 
  "Camp 
  I," 
  Holcomb's 
  Trail, 
  10 
  miles 
  above 
  El 
  Boquete, 
  Chiriqui, 
  

   alt. 
  2,100 
  to 
  2,150 
  meters, 
  Killip 
  5326, 
  5328. 
  

  

  Colombia: 
  Medellin, 
  Bro. 
  Henri-Stanislas 
  1714. 
  Murillo, 
  Tolima, 
  alt. 
  

   2,100 
  to 
  2,500 
  meters, 
  Pennell 
  3181. 
  Camino 
  de 
  Gacheta, 
  Bro. 
  Ariste- 
  

   Joseph 
  A483. 
  Guasca, 
  Bro. 
  Ariste-Joseph 
  A217. 
  Without 
  locality, 
  Bro. 
  

   Ariste- 
  Joseph 
  198; 
  Triana 
  179. 
  

  

  Brazil: 
  Serra 
  do 
  Itatiaya, 
  Dusen 
  170; 
  same 
  locality, 
  alt. 
  2,000 
  meters. 
  

   Rose 
  & 
  Russell 
  20490. 
  

  

  Reported 
  also 
  from 
  Hispaniola, 
  Mexico, 
  and 
  Ecuador. 
  

  

  3. 
  Culcita 
  javanica 
  (Blume) 
  Maxon. 
  

  

  Dicksonia 
  javanica 
  Blume, 
  Enum. 
  PI. 
  Jav. 
  240. 
  1828. 
  

   Dennstedtia 
  javanica 
  Christ, 
  Bull. 
  Herb. 
  Boiss. 
  II. 
  4: 
  617. 
  1904. 
  

   Balantium 
  javanicum 
  Copel. 
  Phil. 
  Journ. 
  Sci. 
  Bot. 
  4: 
  62. 
  1909. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  Java 
  and 
  attributed 
  only 
  to 
  that 
  island. 
  Not 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  

   writer. 
  Listed 
  by 
  Christensen 
  as 
  valid, 
  and 
  so 
  regarded 
  by 
  recent 
  writers. 
  

  

  4. 
  Culcita 
  formosae 
  (Christ) 
  Maxon. 
  

  

  Dennstedtia 
  formosae 
  Christ, 
  Bull. 
  Herb. 
  Boiss. 
  II. 
  4: 
  617. 
  1904. 
  

   Balantium 
  formosanum 
  Christ, 
  Geogr. 
  Fame 
  155. 
  1910. 
  

  

  Founded 
  upon 
  specimens 
  collected 
  on 
  Formosa 
  by 
  Faurie 
  (no. 
  676). 
  

   Said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  close 
  ally 
  of 
  C. 
  javanica, 
  but 
  listed 
  by 
  Christensen 
  as 
  valid. 
  No 
  

   material 
  has 
  been 
  seen. 
  

  

  