46 
1914 
The Philippine Journal of Science 
PARKERIACEAE 
CERATOPTERIS Brongniart 
CERATOPTERIS THALICTROIDES (Linn.) Brongn. Bull. Soc. Philom. 
(1821) 186, pi. 
Acrostichum thalictroides Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1488. 
Admitted on the authority of Safford. 
Tropics of both hemispheres. 
GLEICHENIACEAE 
GLEICHENIA Smith 
GLE1CHENIA LINEARIS (Burm. f.) Clarke in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 
1 (1880) 428. 
Polypodium lineare Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 235, t. 67, /. 2. 
Gleichenia dichotoma Hook. Sp. Fil. 1 (1846) 12; Safford 283, pi. 50. 
McGregor 479. 
Warmer parts of both hemispheres. 
MARATTIACEAE 
ANGIOPTERIS Hoffmann 
ANGIOPTERIS EVECTA (Forst.) Hoffm. Comm. Soc. Reg. Gott. 12 
(1796) 29, t. 5; Safford 183, pi. 32. 
Polypodium evectum Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 81. 
G. E. S. 478. 
Polynesia; its other range uncertain. 
SCHIZAEACEAE 
LYGODIUM Swartz 
LYGGDIUM SCANDENS (Linn.) Sw. in Schrad. Journ. 18 0 0 5 (1801) 
106; Safford 314. 
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Ophioglossum scandens Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1063. 
McGregor 403. 
Tropical Africa and Asia to Australia and Polynesia. 
LYGODIUM SEMIHASTATUM (Cav.) Desv. Prodr. (1827) 203. 
Ugena semihastata Cav. Ic. 6 (1801) 74, t. 594, /• 1- 
McGregor 363. 
Originally described from Philippine and Guam material, and very 
distinct from Lygodium circinnatum (Burm.) Sw., to which it has been 
erroneously reduced. It is probably the basis on which Lygodium circin- 
natum has been credited to Guam. 
OPHIOGLOSSACEAE 
OPHIOGLOSSUM Linneaus 
OPHIOGLOSSUM PENDULUM Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1518. 
Ophioderma pendulum Presl Suppl. (1845) 56. 
G. E. S. 278, locally known as leston. 
Tropical Asia to Polynesia. 
