584 RoBINsON: PTERIDOPHYTA OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Hawaii, Robinson 225 V; Forbes 201 
BM. : 
Mr. J. F. Rock, botanist of the Forestry Station of the Hawai- 
ian Department of Agriculture, reports having found N. cordi- 
folia (L.) Presl [N. tuberosa (Bory) Presl] on Punaluu Trail above 
Kaliiuao, Oahu, on Mr. James Castle’s place. He also says that 
he has specimens of the same plant in his herbarium, which were 
collected by Mr. Lyons, a missionary on the islands, about fifty 
years ago. 
N. cordifolia, introduced into the Hawaiian Islands from Japan, 
is used as a border plant in gardens. 
NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA (L.) Schott, Gen. Fil. pl. 3. 1834 
Polypodium exaltatum L. Syst. ed. 107: 1326. 1759. 
Aspidium exaltatum Sw. Jour. Bot. Schrad. 18007: 32. 1801. 
Nephrodium exaltatum R. Br. Prod. Fl. N. Holl. 148. 1810. 
Aspidium Schkuhrii Bl. Enum. Fil. Jaw. 147. 1828. 
Nephrolepis cultrifolia Presl, Tent. Pterid. 79. 1836. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Jamaica. 
DISTRIBUTION: Epiphytic on trees; common in tropical 
countries. 
ILLusTRATIONS: Plumier, Fil. Am. pl. 63. 1703; Sloane, 
Hist. Jam. 1: pl. 31. 1707; Schkuhr, Krypt. Gew. pl. 320. 
1809 (not Mett. Fil. Hort. Lips. pl. 26. f. 1-5. 1856); Raddi, 
Pi. Bras. 1: O40. 1825. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Hawaii, Wilkes Expedition C; Maui, 
Robinson 305 V; Oahu, Chamisso B; Heller 1987 C; Macrae B; 
Meyen B; Kauai, Heller 2873 C; Kuntze 23041 C; Robinson 0 V; 
154. V; 423 V; 425 V; Hawaiian Islands, Baldwin 73 C; Gaudi- 
chaud B, C; Miss Sessions C. 
12. ODONTOSORIA Presl, Tent. Pterid. 129. 1836 
Rootsteck short, creeping; leafstalks not articulate; blades 2-3- 
pinnate; ultimate divisions cuneate, usually truncate; veins simple 
or forked, if sterile, punctiform at the apex. Sori apical or sub- 
apical; indusium semiorbicular, attached at the base and sides, 
truncate at the apex. 
Type species: Davallia biflora Kaulf. 
