SEYCHELLES AND THE ALDABRA GROUP. 415 
17, NEPHROLEPIS CORDIFOLIA (Linn.), Presl ; Baker, Fl. Maur. 493; C. Chr. Ind. 453.— 
AN. tuberosa, Presl; Kuhn, Bot. v. Ost-Afr. 69. 
Seychelles, teste Baker. A cosmopolitan tropical species. 
18. NEPHROLEPIS BISERRATA (Sw.), Schott; C. Chr. Ind. 453.— 
Baker, Fl. Maur. 493. 
Mahé, Silhouette, Long Island, Bird Island, Gardiner | 
N. exaltata, var. biserrata, 
19. HUMATA REPENS (Linn. f.), Diels; C. Chr. Ind. 354.—Davallia pedata, Sw.; Baker, 
Fl. Maur. 468. 
Mahé and Silhouette, Gardiner ! Climber, dominant near the tops of trees; also in 
moss of the highest jungle in open places, Morne Pilot, 2700 feet, Mahé, 
Distribution. From the South-east African islands through tropieal Australia and 
Asia to Japan. 
20. DAVALLIA CHJEROPHYLLOIDES (Poir.), Steud.; C. Chr. Ind. 208.— D. elata, Baker, FI. 
Maur. 469. D. denticulata, var. intermedia, Mett. ; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 158. 
Mahé and Silhouette, Gardiner! Common in jungle, everywhere. In Silhouette it 
ds 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. MicnoLEPIA sPELUNCE (Linn.), T. Moore; C. Chr. Ind. 428.—Davallia spelunce, 
Baker, Fl. Maur. 469. 
Mahé, Gardiner! Thomasset ! 
Cosmopolitan in the tropics of the Old World. 
22. ODONTOSORIA CHINENSIS (Linn.), J. Sm.; C. Chr. Ind. agreed enero 
Mett.; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 67. Davallia tenujfolia, Sw.; Baker, Fl. Maur. 469. 
Seychelles (fide Baker, not seen). ae 
Distribution. From Japan through tropical Asia and Polynesia and again in the 
South-east African islands. 
29. SCHIZOLOMA ENSIFOLIUM (Sw.), J. Sm.; C. Chr. Ind. 618.—Lindsaya ensifolia, Sw. ; 
Baker, Fl. Maur. 472. 
Mahe, Gardiner! Thomasset ! 
Distributed through the tropics of the Old World. 
