of the Galapagos Archipelago. 169 
Stipes 3-uncialis, filiformis, glaberrima. Rami 3, laterales; horizontaliter patentes, brevius- 
culi. Rachis superné prasertim parcé pubescens. Pinna sub-10, membranacez, j 
unc. longe, 3 late, breviter petiolatz, lineis radiantibus subrugosæ, margine superiore 
siccitate subcrispato integro; basi truncatá, rachi parallelá. Sori pauci, parvuli, quavis 
pinnula fundo sinûs solitarii. 
A small species, most nearly allied to a native of New Zealand, in which 
the upper margins of the pinnz are crenate. 
30. A. HrNsroviaNuM, Hook. fil.; frondibus bi- v. rarius tripinnatis elongato- 
ovatis, pinnis primariis attenuatis; secundariis raris; pinnulis laxis diva- 
ricatis breviter petiolatis rhombeo-lunulatis membranaceis superné cre- 
nato-lobatis, soris in fundo loborum majusculis, rachi puberula, stipite 
rufo-brunneo. 
Hab. James and Charles Islands, Charles Darwin, Esq. 
Species pulcherrima, elata, sub-3-pedalis. Stipes gracilis, nitida, canaliculata, fundo sulci 
pubescens, } ped. longa. Pinne primarie alternz, remota, lineares, gradatim acumi- 
nate, 6 unc. longe, $ late, scabride, ut et rachis pilis rigidis sparse. Pinne secundarie 
(dum adsunt) irregulariter inserto, cum pinnulá sepe alternantes, hinc rami quasi pro- 
liferi evadunt. Pinnule 30-40, alternz, horizontales, margine inferiori lunatze, ad apices 
rotundatz, superiores basi truncate v. in auriculam productz, 4-fidze, segmentis qua- 
dratis emarginatis ad apices soriferis. Sori plurimi. Indusia majuscula. 
31. BLECHNUM OCCIDENTALE, Sw. 
Hab. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 
32. AsPLENIUM sUBULATUM, Hook. & Arn. in Bot. Beechey Voy. p. 313. t. 72. 
Hab. Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. Also found in Jamaica, Mexico and Columbia. 
33. A. FURCATUM, L. 
Hab. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 
as in Madeira. 
Found in all warm latitudes, and as far north 
34. A. Macrat, Hook. & Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 217. 
Hab. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 
Probably a very common West Indian species, of which, or its varieties, . 
many others have been made. 
