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6. A. laserpitiifolium Lam.; Copel. 1. c. 85. 



(371, 382, 384, 414 Topping) May; (G712, 0794 Elmer) November; (153 

 Barnes) January; (237 Copeland) Febrmiry; (17G Whit ford) May. On exposed 

 ridges and in ravines above 700 m. Tropical Asia to ISIalaya and Polynesia. 



19. STENOCHLAENA J. Sm. 



1. S. sorbifolia (Linn.) J. Sm.; Copel. 1. c. 88. 



(308 Barnes) Mareh; (423, 431 Topping) May. In forests above 100 m. 



Tropics generallv. 



20. BLECHNUM Linn. 



1. B. orientale Linn.; Copel. 1. e. 89. 



(1331 WhUford) May; (Copeland). Eroding river bank at 400 m., and on 

 ridges at 1,200 m. Tropical Asia to Australia and Polynesia. 



21. ADIANTUM Linn. 



1. A. alatum Copel. 1. c. 93. 



(243, 1399 Copeland) January, August; (2570 Meyer) February. In thickets 

 and forests 30 to 200 m. Endemic. 



2. A. caudatum Linn.; Copel. 1. c. 93. 



{\M Barnes) January; (200 lV7(i7/o?fZ) May; {^%2 Topping) May. In thickets 

 and forests 50 to 550 m. Tropical Africa, Asia, and Malaya. 



3. A. diaphanum Blume; Copel. 1. c. 



(6986 Elmer) November; (1098 Whitford) ; (378, 380 Topping) May. On 

 shaded banks in ravines and on exposed ridges above 600 m. China to Malaya 

 and New Zealand. 



4. A. hispidulum Sw. ; Copel. 1. c. 94. 



(1163 Whitford) March; (6974 Elmer) November; (355 Topping) May; 

 (3256 Merrill) October; (1390 Copeland) August. On slopes and on exposed 

 ridges in the mossy forest above 1,000 m. Paleotropic. 



5. A. philippense Linn.; Copel. 1. c. 94. A. lunulatum Burm. 



(6748 Elmer) November; (1397 Copeland) August. In thickets and forests 

 below 200 m. Tropics generally. 



22. HYPOLEPIS Bernh. 



1. H. tenuifolia Bernh.; Copel. 1. c. 95. 



(233 Copeland) February; (420 Topping) May; (466 Whitford) July. In 

 canons and on ridges 100 to 1,200 m. Malaya to New Zealand. 



23. CHEILANTHES Sw. 



1. C. farinosa (Forsk.) Kaulf. ; Copel. 1. c. 96. 



(3192 Merrill) October; (1394 Copeland) August. On exposed ridges in the 

 mossy forest above 1,000 m., dwarfed forms. Tropics generally. 



2. C. tenuifolia (Burm.) Sw. ; Copel. 1. c. 



(3143 Merrill) October; (6110 Leibcrg) July. In thickets below 100 m. 

 Tropical Asia to Malaya, New Zealand and Polynesia. 



24. PTERIS Linn. 



1. P. cretica Linn.; Copel. 1. c. 100. 



(6155 Leibcrg) July; (3122 Merrill) October. On wet banks and ledges at 

 about 100 m. Tropics generally. 



2. P. semipinnata Linn.; Copel. 1. c. 101. 



(3790 Merrill) January. On exposed ridges in the mossy forest above 1,200 m. 

 Tropical Asia to Japan and Borneo. 



