Mexico, to Panama, and West Indian Islands. 137 



Pteris — continued. 



Pt. (Lito.) elata, Agardh. Hab. : Panama. 

 Pt. (Lito.) gigantea, Willd. Hab. . West Indies : Martinique, 

 St. Vincent. 



Ceratopteris. 



0. thalictroides, Brong. Hab. : quiet waters in tropical and sub- 

 tropical regions ; Mexico, province of Oaxaca. West Indies : Ja- 

 maica, St. Vincent, Trinidad. 

 Xiomarla. 



L. attenuata, Willd. Hab. : Guatemala ; Jamaica, Martinique, 

 St. Vincent, Cuba ; Dominica. 



L. L'Herminieri, Bory. Hab. . West Indies : Guadaloupe. 



h. divergens, Kunze. Hab. : Martinique, Guadaloupe, Do- 

 minica. 



L. onocleoides, Spreng. Hab. : on trees in tbe interior of 

 Jamaica ; Martinique, St. Vincent ; summit of Lomodel Gobo, Cuba, 

 climbing trees, with a caudex from 6 to 20 feet long. 



L. procera, Spreng. Hab. : Mexico, which appears to be its 

 northern limit ; Totutla, in thick forests, elevation 3,500-4,500 feet. 

 Cordillera of Vera Cruz, Guatemala; Jamaica, Blue Mountain Peak; 

 Mount Souifriere; St. Vincent, high mountains; Dominica, Couliaban 

 Mountains; Guadaloupe. 



L. Boryana, Willd. (L. Magellanica, Desv.). Hab. : West Indies, 

 Montserrat. 

 Bleclinuin. 



B. Lanceola, Swartz. Hab. : Panama. 



B. asplenioides, Swartz. Hab. : Mexico, Panama. 



B. unilaterale, Willd. (B. polypodioides, Raddi). Hab. : Mexico. 

 West Indian Isles : Jamaica, St. Domingo. 



B. longifolium, H. B. K. Hab. : Trinidad, St. Vincent. 



B. occidentale, Linn. Hab. : Mexico, Panama, Guatemala. 

 West Indian Islands : Jamaica, Dominica, St. Vincent, Cuba. 



B. serrulatum. Rich. Hab. : West Indies : Dominica, Trinidad ; 

 Isthmus of Panama. 



B. volubile, Kaulf. Hab. : West Indies : Dominica, Guadaloupe, 

 Trinidad, Jamaica. 

 Vrood\(rardla. 



W. radicans, Smith. Hab. : Mexico ; pine forests, Chiapas ; Gua- 

 temala. 

 Asplenlum. 



A. serratum, Linn. Hab. : Guatemala; West Indies, abundant. 



A. fragile, Presl. Hab. : Mexico. 



A. dentatum, Linn. Hab.' : Mexico and Guatemala, Vera Cruz. 

 West Indies : Guadaloupe, Jamaica. 



A. Trichomanes, Linn. Hab. : Mexico, rocks 3,000 feet elevation. 

 Guatemala, Cordillera of Orizaba, elevation 10,000 feet. Jamaica. 



A. arcuatum, Liehm. Hab. : Mexico ; rocks in Vera Cruz, eleva^ 

 tion 2,000 feet ; very scarce, Rincon-faisan, Vera Cruz. $. 



A. monanthemum, Linn. Hab. : Mexico, very abundant ; Guate- 

 mala, Realejo. 



A. ebeneum, Ait. Hab. : Mexico ; West Indies. 



A. alatum, H. B. X. Hab. : West Indies : Jamaica. St. Vincent. 



