FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 133 



PTERIDOPHYTA 



SCHIZ^ACE^ 



Ornithopteris ADiANTiroLiA (L.) Bcrnh. Common and variable ; 

 abundant in the pines. Nassau, Jan.; Nicol's Town, March (12, 

 15. 83, 300). 



*Ornithopteris cicutaria (Kunze) Underw. (Anemia cicutaria 

 Kunze, Linn^a, 9, 22. 1835.) On rocks, not common. Nassau, 

 Jan. (165). 



POLYPODIACE^ 



*Dryopteris patens (Sw.) Kuntze. In banana-holes and rocks 

 along roadsides ; common and variable. Nassau, Jan. ; Nicol's Town 

 and Red Bays, April (173, 240, 441, 469). 



*Dryopteris asplenioides (Baker) Kuntze. Clefts of rocks, 

 uncommon. Indusium small, pinnae narrow and distant. Conch 

 Sound, March (416). 



Tectaria trifoliata (L.) Cav. On sides of banana-holes; not 

 common. Conch Sound, May (562). 



Davallia clavata Sw. Common. Nassau, Jan. (133). Same 

 as Wright 961. 



*x\sPLENiUM DENTATUM L. Pinnae large and close together. Caves 

 near Nassau, Feb. (286). 



Blechnum serrulatum Rich. Caves near Nassau, Feb. (285). 

 Same as Fendler 133. 



Adiantum tenerum Sw. In banana-holes. Near Nassau, Feb. ; 

 Red Bays, April (288, 489). 



Pteridium CAUDATUM (L.) Maxon. "May-pole." Very common 

 on both New Providence and Andros ; makes dense thickets in the 

 pine-yard six- to eight feet high (313). 



Pteris longifolia L. Common on walls. Nassau, Jan. (18, 94). 



ViTTARiA LiNEATA (L.) Sm. On palmettocs, not common. Red 

 Bays, April (472). 



Cheilogramma LANCEOLATUM (L.) Bloume. Leaves 10-14 inches 

 in length. On trees, not common. Nicol's Town, March (356). 



AcROSTiCHUM AUREUM L. "Wild ginger." In low ground, not 

 common. Conch Sound, May; Deep Creek, June (408, 714). 714 was 

 growing in a banana-hole ; the leaves were shorter than in 408, fertile 

 almost to the base, and the rachis was deeply sulcate. 



