136 



spinani brevem producta. Spiculae antlioeciis 3-5 quorum in- 



fimum Tel 2 infima £, caetera redacta (f vel neutra, ambitu 

 late ovatae vel subrotundae, lf-2 mm. longae, a latere admodum 

 compressae, densissime imbricatae, tardissime delabentes ; 

 rhachilla tenax, glabra. Glvmae circ iter 3 mm. longae, inferior 

 a latere visa oblique oblonga vel sublanceolata, acuminata vel 

 subacuta, 1-nervis carina ta, carina scabra, superior (ad rhachis. 

 margin em spectans) a latere visa oblique oblonga vel elliptic!)- 

 oblonga, a pice emarginata, nervo carinali sublaeve in mucronem 

 breveiu spinescentem eius curvaturam continuentem abeunte. 



Anthoecia perfecta <5 spieulam aequontm, subacuminata, breviter 

 vel brevisaime mucronta, nervo carinali scaberulo, lateralibus 

 tenuissimis; valvula valva (mucrone dempto) paulo brevior, 

 carinis ciliolatis scabrisque. Antherae 1*4 mm. longae. Cary- 

 opsis iat era liter eompressa, elliptico-quadrata, 0*8 mm. longa, 

 0'G5 mm. lata, minute granulata, ferruginea. Anthoecia im- 



perfecta quam perfecta minora, vix vel baud mucronata, eaeterum 

 iis similia, nisi angustiora. 



Seychelles. Praslin, Dupont 30. 



Mascarexes. Aldabra Dupont 70. Thomasset 228. As- 

 sumption, Fox 254. 



The spikes of Dupont TO (mature) and most, of Thomasset 228 

 (young) are very markedly falcate, tbose of Dupont 30 (mature) 

 and Fox 254 (young) straight or almost so. 



Lepturus repens, R. Br. 



Dupont 89; Thomasset 234, 248. 



Distr. Coasts of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. 

 A slender narrow-leaved state as occurs occasionally through- 

 out the area of the species. 



Filices. 



Acrostichum aureum, L. ; Baker, Flora, p. 514; Christensen 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc, series 2, Bot., vii. pp. 411, 423; Dupont, 

 Report, 1907, p. 41: Stanley Gardiner in Trans. Linn. Soc 

 Zool., xiv. (1910) p. 4. 



Dupont 30. 



Distr. Almost cosmopolitan in salt marshes in tropical and 

 sub-tropical regions. Bnt it is not recorded from any of the 

 other atolls within our area, and it is the only fern known to 

 inhabit Aldabra. It is sometimes called the Mangrove Fern. 



KivtOKAI, AM) EvDEMFC Pr.ANTS OF ALDAIJRA. 



The following is a list of species comprising the indig' nous 



element, or the hulk of the indigenous element, in the Flora 

 of Aldabra, inclusive, of course, of t lie endemic species, but 

 exclusive of widely dispersed plants. Regional is employed in 

 a geographical sense and covers East Africa, Madagascar, S '- 

 chelles and the Mascarenes, as well as the small islands of the 

 Western Indian Ocean. Endemic species are marked with til* 



asterisk. 



Cleome strigosa ? £. Afi.. A stove, Gloriosa. 



