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PAGOS Ids. : ace. to Hook. &' Bak. Syn. Fil. 220. Further 

 distr. Mex., W. Ind., S. Am. 



A. Serra Langsd. & Fisch. Fil. 16, t. 16 (1810-1818) ; Rob. 

 (1), 108. — Albemarle Isl. : Villamil, common on moist 

 rocks in protected places at 1500 ft. and in similar situations 

 at 3150 ft. (nos. 856-857). Chatham Isl.: Wreck Bay, 

 abundant in a dense growth of Lycopodium clavatum and other 

 ferns at 2050 ft. (no. 858). Duncan Isl.: common in a 

 restricted area among rocks at 1300 ft. (no. 859). James 

 Isl.: James Bay, occasional above 2000 ft. (no. 860). Fur- 

 ther distr. Mex., W. Ind., S. Am., Africa. 



A. serratum L. Sp. PI. 1079 (1753); Rob. (1), 108.— 

 Galapagos Ids. : Capt. Wood. Chatham Isl. : ace. to 

 Moore. Further distr. Mex., W. Ind., S. Am., Polynesia. 



A. sulcatum Lam. Eney. II. 308 (1786). A. auritum Sw. 

 Fl. Ind. Oec. 1616 (1806); Rob. (1), 106.— Abingdon Isl.: 

 common on the south side of the mountain at 1950 ft. and to 

 some extent lower down (no. 806). Albemarle Isl.: Villa- 

 mil, common on the trunks and branches of trees, 500-1300 ft., 

 (no. 804). Charles Isl.: common on moist shady rocks at 

 1000 ft. and on the branches of trees in protected places around 

 1700 ft. (nos. 808-811). Chatham Isl.: Wreck Bay, fairly 

 common on the branches of trees at 700 ft. (no. 805). Inde- 

 fatigable Isl. : Academy Bay, common on the branches of 

 trees above 600 ft., especially abundant on trees of Pisonia 

 Horihunda, (nos. 815-816). James Isl.: James Bay, abund- 

 ant in lava caverns at 1000 ft. and on the branches of trees 

 above 2000 ft. (nos. 812-814). Further distr. Mex., W. Ind., 

 S. Am. The Galapagos form of this species is considered a 

 variety by some authors. 



Var. macilentum Moore, Ind. Fil. 115 (1859); Rob. (1), 

 107. — Galapagos Ids. : ace. to Moore. Further distr. Mex., 

 W. Ind., S. Am., Old World. 



Blechnum L. 



B. blechnoides (Lag.) C. Chr. Ind. 151 (1905). Asplen- 

 ium blechnoides Lag. Sw. Syn. 76 (1806). B. unilaterale 



