FLORA OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Ill 



— Chatham Isl.: southwest end, upper region, Baiw^ no. 357 (hb. 

 Gr.). James Isl. : Ikira-bi. This smooth-stiped fibrous-rooted fern, 

 with short blunt oblong pinnae, car.not be very satisfactorily placed (as 

 by Hook. & Bak. 1. c.) in N. cordifolla, Presl, which has tuberous 

 roots, scaly stipes, and triangular often acutish pinnae. Further distrib. 

 Panama, W. Ind., S. Am. 



NOTHOCHLEANA, R. Br. 



N. SULPHUREA, J. Sm. in Seem. Bot. Herald, 233 (18o2-57); 

 Hook. & Bak. Syn. Fil. 373. N. Candida, Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 110 

 (1864). N. argentca, Lowe, Ferns Brit, and Exot. i. t. 55 (185G). 

 Pterls lutea, Hook. f. (3), 1G8; Anderss. (1), 129, & (2), 40; not 

 Cav. — Galapagos Jus.: Cuming, no. 110, ace. to Hook. 1. c. 

 Albemarlk Isl.: Iguana Cove, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 23 (hb. 

 Gr.) ; north mountain, Elizabeth Bay, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 287 

 (hb. Gr.) ; mountain east of Tagus Cove, altitude 925 m., Snodgrass 

 &, Heller, no. 246 (hb. Gr.). James Isl.: Scolder. Further distrib. 

 S. W. United States, Mex., Andean S. Am. 



Pellaea, Link. 



P. GERAXiAEFOLiA, Fee, Gen. Fil. 130 (1850-1852); Hook. Sp. 

 Fil. ii. 132; Hook. & Bak. Syn. Fil. 146. Pteris geraniifolia. 

 Hook. Ic. PI. X. t. 915 (1854). — Galapagos Ids.: Douglas, ace. to 

 Hook. Sp. Fil. ii. 133. Further distrib. general in trop. reg. Strik- 

 ingly like Pteris pedata, L., but with free veinlets. 



POLYPODIUM, L. 



P. ANGUSTiFOLTUM, Sw. Syn. Fil. 27 (1806); Raddi, Fil. Bras. 14, 

 t. 24, f. 2. P. ensifolium, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 152 (1810). Marginaria 

 ensifolia, Presl, Tent. Pterid. 188 (1836) ; Hook. f. (3), 167; Anderss. 

 (1), 127, & (2), 39. — James Isl.: Darwin, ace. to Hook, f., 1. c., 

 an occu'-rence apparently doubted by Andersson and not subsequently 

 confirmed by more recent collectors. Further distrib. Mex., W. Ind., 

 S. Am. 



P. AUREUM, L. Sp. 1087 (1753) ; Lowe, Ferns Brit, and Exot. ii. 

 t. 56 ; Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 16. Pleopeltis aurea, Presl, Tent. Pterid. 193 

 (1836) ; Hook. f. (3), 167 ; Anderss. (1), 128, & (2), 39. — Galapagos 

 Ids.: Cqpt. Wood, ace. to Hook. 1. c. James Isl.: Darivin, ace. to Hook, 

 f. (3), 167. This large and conspicuous species, secured by these early 

 collectors on the Galapagos Ids., has curiously eluded the subsequent 



