110 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



Kaulf. Enuin. P^il. 215 (1824). — Galapagos liys.-. Capt. J. Wood, 

 ace. to Hook. 1. c. Further distrib. Mex., W. Ind., trop. S. Am. 



Ni:riiRoi)iuM, Kich. 



N. BRACiiYODON, Ilook. Sp. Fil. iv. 83 (1862); TTook. & Bak. Syn. 

 Fil. 295. — Galai'AGOS Ids. : Ccqyt. Wood. Further distrib. W. Ind., 



5. Am., Malayan renin. «& Isles. 



N. MACROi'iiYLLUJi, Bak. Syji. Fil. 300. Aspidium macrophylhim, 

 Sw. Syn. Fil., 43, 239 (1806); Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 55.— Galapagos 

 Ids. : Capt. Wood, ace. to Hook., 1. c. Further distrib. general in trop. 

 Am, 



N. MOLLK, Desv. Mem. Soc. Linn. vi. 258 (1827) ; Schott, Gen. Fil. 

 t. 10 (1834); Hook. f. (3), 171 ; Anderss. (1), 131, & (2), 41 ; Hook. & 

 Bak. Syn. Fil. 293. Aspldium molle, Sw. Syn. Fil. 49 (1806); Rob. 



6, Greenm. (1), 149. — Albemarle Isl. : common at 460 ra., above 

 Iguana Cove, Siiodgrass & Heller, nos. 18 (hb. Gr.), 115 (hb. Gr.). 

 Charles Isl. : Lee (hb. U. S. Nat. Mus.) ; Baur. Jajies Isl. : 

 Daricln. Further distrib. Mex., W. Ind., S. Am., Tropics of Old World. 



N. UNiTUM, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 148 (1810); Hook. & Bak. 

 Syn. Fil. 289; Caruel (1), 625. — Chatham Isl.: Clderchia. Further 

 distrib. tropics of both hemispheres. 



N. viLLOSDM, Presl, Rel. Haenk. i. 38 (1830) ; Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 134. 

 Polypodium villosum, L. Sp. 1093 (1753). F. Berteroaniuii, Hook. 

 Sp. Fil. iv. 269, not Spreng. Asjndium villosum, Sw. Syn. Fil. 56 

 (1803). — Chatham Isl.: Caj^f. Wood, a.cc. to Hook. 1. c. Further 

 distrib. W. Ind. to Chili. 



Nephrolepis, Schott. 



N. ACUTA, Presl, Tent. Pterid. 79 (1836); Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 153. 

 Asp)idium acuUini, Schk. Fil. 32, t. 31. — Bindloe Isl.: Snodyrass 

 «fe Heller, do. 779 (hb. Gr.). Although the specimens are sterile the 

 somewhat characteristic venation and contour of the pinnae leave no 

 doubt of the identity of this species, which appears not to have been 

 hitherto recorded from the islands. Further distrib. Mex., W. Ind., 

 S. Am., Tropics of Old World. 



N. PECTINATA, Schott, Gen. Fil. under t. 3 (1834). N. cordifolla 

 (3, Hook. & Bak. Syn. Fil. 300 (1868). N. cordifolia, Rob. & 

 Greenm. (1), 149. Aspidiiim jjeefinafiim, ^Yi\k\. Sp. PI. 223(1810). 

 Neplirodiumpectinatum, Hook. f. (3), 170; Anderss. (1), 131, & (2), 41. 



