416 MR. C. CHRISTENSEN ON THE FERNS OF THE 
94. Linpsaya Kinkit, Hook.; Baker, Trans. R. Irish Acad. xxv. (1875), tab. 28; Fl. 
Maur. 473 ; C. Chr. Ind. 394.—Z. Pervillei, Mett.; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 17 et 68. 
Mahé, Gardiner! Thomasset. Silhouette, Gardiner ! 
Endemic. A large pretty species, common in the islands, growing on the ground and 
often partially epiphytic. 
25. LinpsaAvA Hornet (Baker), C. Chr. Ind. 210 (omitted under Lindsaya).— Davallia 
Hornei, Baker, Fl. Maur. 470. 
Mahé, Horne, 611 ! 
Endemic, common fide Horne, but not collected by Gardiner. It is a true Lindsaya, but 
a rather problematic species. It is, perhaps, a small form of L. Kirkii, with which it 
agrees in soral characters and basal scales ; still the shape of the segments is somewhat 
different, their lower edge being much upcurved while in L. Kirkii it is decurved. 
96. DIPLAZIUM SECHELLARUM (Baker), C. Chr. Ind. 288.—Asplenium sechellarum, Baker, 
Fl. Maur. 491. 
Mahé, Bouton! Horne! ‘Common in the damp shady forests,” but not collected by 
Prof. Gardiner. 
According to Baker also found in Madagascar. It is a large, tripinnatifid species, 
related to the Asiatic D. polypodioides, Blume, characterized by the muricated rachis. 
97. ASPLENIUM NIDUS, Linn.; Baker, Fl. Maur. 491; C. Chr. Ind. 123. 
Mahé, Gardiner! Thomasset! Silhouette, Gardiner! 
Distribution. Through tropical Polynesia, Australia, and Asia, extending westwards 
to tropical West Africa. 
98. ASPLENIUM UNILATERALE, Lam.; C. Chr. Ind. 136.— 4. resectum, Sm.; Baker, Fl. 
Maur. 485. 
Seychelles, Kirk! 
Distribution. Through the tropics of the Old World. 
29. ASPLENIUM LUNULATUM, Sw.; Baker, Fl. Maur. 486. 
Mahé, Horne, 404 (not seen). 
Distribution. Regarded as a collective species, A. lunulatum is widely spread through 
the tropics ; the typical form is South African. 
30. ASPLENIUM TENERUM, Forst. ; Baker, Fl. Maur. 486; C. Chr. Ind. 134. 
Mahé, Horne, 684! 
Spread through tropical Polynesia and Asia; it is not known from the other African 
islands. | 
31. ASPLENIUM (EUASPLENIUM) COMPLANATUM, C. Chr. (sp. nov.). (Pl. 45. figs. 1-3.) 
Rhizoma obliquum, fere 1 cm. crassum, squamis parvis, ovatis, nigrescentibus, subdense 
onustum. Stipites numerosi, subapproximati, virides, glabri, complanati, supra late 
