Abstract
recent discovery of Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis (Willd.) A. Gray on Great Abaco (Correll 42810) represents another family of plants new to the Bahamian archipelago. This, along with the earlier discoveries of Thelypteris ovata R. St. John (Correll & Godfrey 41486) on North Andros (determined by Alan R. Smith) and Schizaea poeppigiana Sturm in a dense broadleaf coppice on Great Abaco (John Popenoe & Jack Patterson 14), brings to six the number of fern species that have been added to the Bahama Islands flora since the 1920 publication of Britton and Millspaugh's The Bahama Flora. Those species previously reported as new to the flora are Pteris vittata L. (Gillis 7323 and Popenoe 132) from Great Abaco, Thelypteris dentata (Forssk.) E. St. John (Correll 40856) from Great Exuma, and Trismeria trifoliata (L.) Diels (Gillis 7328A and Popenoe 131) from Great Abaco. Undoubtedly, other fern additions can be expected from the Islands as exploration continues. To date, 36 species of true ferns and fern allies are considered to be in the flora of the Bahama Islands.
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