262 TEANSACTIOXS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. Lviir. 



Fronds 1—3 inches long, ^—h inch broad, shortly stalked. 



Pike saw this fern in 1868, and he records " Adiantum 

 caudatum" in Trans. Eoy. Soc. Maur., 1869, p 15, and in 

 Sub-Trop. Eambles, p. 145, with a drawing of the fern on 

 p. 151. 



Barkly and Home saw it in 1869, and they record 

 '•Adiantum caudatur/i" in Trans. Eoy. Soc. Maur., 1869, 

 pp. 113 and 136. 



In Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 474, under A. caudatum, 

 Linn., one of the stations mentioned is " Eound Island, 

 Sir H. Barkly." 



SeL AGIN ELL ACE.^-'. 



Selagint:lla Barklyi, Baker. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 522. Barkly and Home found this plant in 

 1869, and they record it under '"' Xo. 11. Sela(jinella 

 species: not common," in Trans. Eoy. Soc. Maur., 1869, 

 pp. 112 and 136. 



In Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 522, under S. Barklyi, 

 Baker, the following note occurs : — " Eound Island, Sir H. 

 Barkly ! and what is probably a more robust form of the 

 same species with larger leaves from Coin de Mire, Home ! 

 Endemic." This plant has not been found by the other 

 botanists who have visited Eound Island, but Baker, in a 

 note on specimens of S. ohtusa, Spring, collected by me in 

 Eound Island in 1889, writes — " I am afraid S. Barklyi is 

 only an extreme form of ohtusa." 



S. OBTU.SA, Spring. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 523 

 [Jide J. G. Baker). I found this plant, in fructification, 

 growing in the clefts of rocks, 580 feet above sea-level, on 

 the south side of the hill. It is also native in Mauritius, 

 but the Eound Island plants have smaller leaves than 

 those I found in Mauritius. Stems 1— 3| inches long. 

 Larger leaves y'^ inch long, minutely ciliated at the upper 

 margin and apex. In Mauritius the plants I examined 

 had the larger leaves ^2 inch long. In the Eound Island 

 plants the leaves were considerably browned, apparently 

 from the effects of the prolonged drought. 



"With the exception of one moss, none of the following 



