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58. PoLYPODIUM SERRULATUM (Sw.), Mett.; Baker, Fl. Maur. 504; C. Chr. Ind. 563. 
Mahé, Thomasset ! 
Distribution according to Hieronymus (‘ Hedwigia,’ vol. xliv. 80) :— Tropical America 
(common), tropieal West Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles. 
59. PoLYPODIUM ALBOBRUNNEUM, Baker, Fl. Maur. 505; C. Chr. Ind. 508.— P. sechel- 
larum, part., Baker, Fl. Maur. 505. 
Mahé, Horne, 681! 682! Gardiner! Thomasset ! Silhouette, near the summit, scarce ; 
epiphyte high up on trees. 
Endemic. 
P. sechellarum, Baker, was founded partly on a small sterile plant from Mahé (Horne, 
n. 194) and partly on a single leaf from Mauritius (Lady Barkly), both of which I have 
seen. ‘The description in Fl. Maur. is evidently written from the Mauritian specimen, 
which belongs to a species distinct from P. albobrunneum. The specimen from Mahé is, 
I have no doubt, only a small sterile plant of P. albobrunneum; some of the rather 
numerous specimens collected by Gardiner agree exactly with it. P. sechellarwm, Baker, 
is tlus not known from the Seychelles, and the name therefore is very inappropriate. 
60. PoLypoprum CULTRATUM, Willd. var. ELAsTICUM (Bory).—P. elasticum, Bory. 
P. asplenifolium, var. minor, Mett.; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 146. P. culiratum, Baker, Fl. 
Maur. 505. 
Mahé, on tree-trunks over 2000 feet, rather scarce, Gardiner! Thomasset ! 
P. cultratum (type) is a tropical American species, and is also found in the island of 
Fernando Po, Guinea. The variety elasticum is apparently confined to the Mascarenes 
and Seychelles. It is very like the type, especially some of its smaller forms, but it is 
more hairy, with longer and shorter hairs mixed on the upper surface and along the 
margins. 
61. POLYPODIUM PUNCTATUM (Linn.), Sw.; C. Chr. Ind. 557.—P. irioides, Lam. ; Baker, 
Fl. Maur. 507. 
Mahé, Thomasset ! 
Through the tropical regions of the Old World. 
62. PoLvropniUM PHYMATODES, Linn. ; Baker, Fl. diss 508; C. Chr. mE bug ee 
Mahé, Gardiner! Thomasset! Bird Island, in dry places, Fryer! o : 
Gardiner! Silhouette, Gardiner! 
Distribution. From South Africa throu 
Polynesia to Corea. 
gh tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, and 
Desv. ; C. Chr. Ind. 201.— Polypodium spissum, Bory; 
63. Cvcroruonvs spissus (Bory), 
Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 153. P. adnascens, Baker, Fl. Maur. 506. 
Seychelles (fide Kuhn and Baker, not seen). ugh tropical Asia. 
South Africa and the Eastern islands; scattered thro 
