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Polypodium L. 



P. angustifolium Sw. Prod. 130 (1788) ; Rob. (1), 111.— 

 James Isl. : James Bay, on the trunks and branches of trees 

 around 2100 ft. (no. 935). Further distr. Mex., W. Ind., 

 S. Am. 



P. aureum L. Sp. PI. 1087 (1753); Rob. (1), 111.— Al- 

 bemarle Isl.: Villamil, common on rocks at 1500 ft., also 

 common on the trunks and branches of Zanthoxylum F agar a 

 at 3150 ft., (nos. 936-937). Duncan Isl.: occasional on 

 the sides of perpendicular cliffs at 1250 ft. (no. 939). James 

 Isl. : James Bay, common on the trunks of trees at 2150 ft. 

 and in similar situations at 2800 ft. (no. 938). Further distr. 

 S. U. S., Mex., W. Ind., S. Am., "Australia" ace. to Rob. 

 (1), 111. 



P. crassifolium L. Sp. PI. 1083 (1753); Rob. (1), 112.— 

 Albemarle Isl. : Tagus Cove, in the upper regions on the 

 southeast side of the mountain (no. 941). Indefatigable 

 Isl. : Academy Bay, occasional in dense shade at 550 ft. (no. 

 940). Further distr. Mex., W. Ind., northern S. Am. 



P. lanceolatum L. Sp. PI. 1082 (1753); Rob. (1), 112.— 

 Abingdon Isl.: common on trees above 1650 ft. (no. 946). 

 Albemarle Isl. : Iguana Cove, common on trees above 400 

 ft. (no. 948) ; Villamil, common on the trunks and branches 

 of trees, 350-3150 ft, (no. 951). Charles Isl.: common 

 on trees at 1000-1700 ft. (no. 950). Duncan Isl.: occa- 

 sional on bushes and small trees at 1300 ft. (no. 949). Inde- 

 fatigable Isl. : Academy Bay, common on tree trunks above 

 400 ft. (no. 947). James Isl.: Darwin. Further distr. 

 tropics of both hemispheres. 



P. lepidopteris (Langsd. & Fisch.) Kze. Linnaea XIII. 132 

 (1839). Acrostichum lepidopteris Langsd. & Fisch. Ic. Fil. 

 V. t. 2 (1810). P. lepidopteris Kze. 1. c. ; Rob. (1), 112.— 

 Albemarle Isl. : Villamil, common on trunks and branches 

 of trees, 500-600 ft., (no. 952). Duncan Isl. : occasional on 

 bushes and small trees at 1200 ft. ; nearly all of the specimens 

 are small, a fact which is probably due to the somewhat xero- 

 phytic conditions which prevail around the top of this island, 



January 14, 1911. 



