CHRISTEN SEN — FERNS OF SEYCHELLES AND ALDABRA 413 



17. Nephrolepis cordifolia (Linn.), Presl ; Baker, Fl. Maur. 493 ; 0. Chr. Incl. 453.— 

 N. ttiberosa, Presl ; Kuhn, Bot. v. Ost-Afr. 69. 

 Seychelles, teste Baker. A cosmopolitan tropical species. 



18. NEPHROLEPiSBiSERRATA(Sw.),Schott; C. Clir. Ind. ^oZ.~N.exaUata,\a,v.biserrata, 

 Baker, Fl. Maur. 493. 

 Mahe, Silhouette, Long Island, Bird Island, Gardiner ! 



19. HuMATA RBPENS (Linn, f.), Diels; C. Chr. Ind. ^b^.—Bavallia pedata, Sw.; Baker, 



Fl. Maur. 468. 



Mahe and Silhouette, Gardiner ! Climher, dominant near the tops of trees ; also in 

 moss of the highest jungle in open places, Morae Pilot, 2700 feet, Mahe. 



Distribution. From the South-east African islands through tropical Australia and 

 Asia to Japan. 



20. Davallia CH^ROPHrLLOiDES (Poir.), Steud. ; C. Chr. Ind. 208. — D. elata. Baker, Fl. 



Maur. 469. D. denticulata, var. intermedia, Mett. ; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 158. 

 Mahe and Silhouette, Gardiner\ Common in jungle, everywhere. In Silhouette it 

 is said to be " a glacis fern, growing in moister holes in the rock." The fertile frond is 

 densely glandulose throughout. The species is an African representative of and nearly 

 related to the Asiatic and Polynesian D. denticulata (Burm.), Mett. ; it is known from 

 tropical West Africa, Natal, the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodriguez, and the 

 Seychelles. 



21. MiCROLEPiA SPELUNC.E (Linn.), T. Moore; C. Chr. Ind. 428. — Davallia spelimcce, 



Baker, Fl. Maur. 469. 



Mahe, Gardiner ! Thomasset ! 



Cosmopolitan in the tropics of the Old AVorld. 



22. Odontosoria chinensis (Linn.), J. Sm. ; C. Chr. Ind. 464. — Lindmya chinensis, 

 Mett. ; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 67. Davallia tenuifolia, Sw. ; Baker, Fl. Maur. 469. 



Seychelles (fide Baker, not seen). 



Distribution. From Japan through tropical Asia and Polynesia and again in the 

 South-east African islands. 



23. ScHizoLOMA ENSiFOLiUM (Sw.), J. Sm. ; C. Chr. Ind. QIB^.—Lindsaya ensifoUa, Sw. ; 

 Baker, Fl. Main-. 472. 

 Mahe, Gardiner ! Thomasset ! 

 Distributed through the tropics of the Old World. 



