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The Vascular Cryptogams have htvn elaborated bv Mr. J. G. Baker 

 (Annali of Botany, v. pp. 163-172, plates 10 and 11), from which the 

 preceding list of species and following particulars are chiefly extracted. 

 Excluding five striking varieties, which some botanists might regard 

 sufficiently distinct to take specific rank, St. Vincent alone lias yielded 

 I<»3 sp.Ti.-3 belonging to 35 genera. This includes 23 species ascribed 

 to the island on the authority of Guilding and others, but not in the 

 collection made by Mr. Smith. On.- of these is the apparenth endemic 

 Cyathea tenera, and the distribution of the other 22 is such, that in Mr. 

 Baker's opinion, they might occur in any of the West Indian island-. 

 In any case the fern vegetation is very rich ami varied, and in relation 

 to tin- area far in excess as to number of species to thai of Xew Zea- 

 land, which is generally regarded as one of the most h" " ' 

 A glance down the list is sufficient to ascertain that a 

 the species have a wide distribution ; but in addition I 

 mentioned, there are four endemic species, naiiieh. 

 vincentinum,Pteris longibntchiat,,, Atplenium Ghdi 



Altogether the vegetation of St. Vincent is vari< 

 bespeaking a fertile soil and a favourable climate. 



