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205. Hirneola polytricha Mont., Syllog. Gen. & Sp. Pl. Crypt., 181. 
Minikoi ; “ from a wooden house-post,” Alcock / 
Almost cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical countries. 
ALG Ai, 
206. IWostoc verrucosum Vauch., Conf., 225. 
Minikoi ; covering the ground in damp places, Alcock ! 
Cosmopolitan. 
There are also some Marine Alege, at least in Minikoi on the reefs of the 
weather-side of the island (Alcock, Adm. Rep., Marine Survey, 1891-92) ; of 
these no specimens were collected. 
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF THE FLORA. 
The list given above includes 206 species, representing 156 genera and 61. 
natural orders ; 191 of the species are Phanerogams and only 15 are Crypto- 
gams, giving a proportion of flowering to flowerless plants of about thirteen to 
one; the percentages are :— 
Phanerogams, 93° °/, ; 
Cryptogams, 7° °/). 
Of the Phanerogams 150 are Dicots and 41 are Monocots, the proportion here 
being nearly four to one ; the percentages are :— 
Dicotyledons, 78°5 °/, 3 
Monocotyledons, 21°5 °/,. 
Only three vascular cryptogams have been found in the Archipelago, with 
only one moss, while at least one species of Chara occurs ; two-thirds of the 
Cryptogams obtained are Fungi or Lichens. It ought not to be concluded, 
because one of Fungi enumerated has as yet been reported only from Minikoi 
that it is truly endemic in that island ; in all probability it will yet be found to 
occur elsewhere. ‘The Marine Algee mentioned above will in all probability be 
found when they are at length collected to belong to some of the commoner 
Indian Ocean forms. 
A synoptic view of the Flora is given in the table which follows :— 
