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forming dense brakes 6-8 ft. high. It is less abundant around 

 Wafer Bay and apparently does not occur below 125 ft. (Nos. 

 234-37). Further distr. Mex., W. Ind., S. Am., Old World. 

 N. pectinata (Willd.) Schott, Gen. Fil. ad. t. 3 (1834). 

 Aspidium pectinatum Willd. Sp. V. 223 (1810) : abundant in 

 vegetable mold in moist shady places, (No. 238). Further 

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



Oleandra Cav. 



O. nodosa (Willd.) Pr. Tent. 78 (1836). Aspidium nodo- 

 sum Willd. Sp. V. 211 (1810) : growing very abundantly on 

 the trunks of trees sea Plate XXXII, (No. 239). Further 

 distr. Mex. (Cent, Am.), W. Ind., N. S. Am. 



Polybotrya H. & B. 



P. cervina (L.) Klf. Enum. 55 (1824). Osmunda cervina 

 L. Sp. PI. 1065 (1753) : abundant in woodland and on the 

 banks of the stream leading into Wafer Bay, (No. 240). 

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



Polypodium L. 



P. aureum L. Sp. PI. 1087 (1753) : common on the sides 

 of moist banks near Chatham Bay, (No. 245). Widely dis- 

 tributed. 



P. Phyllitides L. Sp. PI. 1083 (1753): common, (Nos. 

 243-44). Further distr. S. U. S., Mex., W. Ind., S. Am. 



Polystichum Roth. 



P. adiantiforme (Forst,) J. Sm. Hist. Fil. 220 (1875). 

 Polypodium adiantiforme Forst, Prod. 82 (1786). Asplenium 

 coriaceum Sw. Syn. Fil. 57 (1806): specimens are sterile 

 and doubtful, (Nos. 241-42). Further distr. W. Ind., S. Am., 

 Old World. 



Trichomanes L. 



T. capillaceumL. Sp. PI. 1099 (1753) : fairly abundant on 

 the trunks of trees at 600 ft. (No. 246). Further distr. Mex., 

 W. Ind., S. Am. 



