CRYPTOGAMS VASCULAEES . 

 Fl LICINyC. 



MAESILEACEiE. 

 MAKSILEA. 



Marsilea, Linn. Gen. n. 799 ; A. Braun in Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berol. (1863), 417. 



A genus of about twenty species of creeping herbs found in all parts of the 

 world. 



M. coromandelina, Willd. Sp. v. 539 ; A. Braun loc. cit. p. 422 ; Kuhn 

 in Ber. Deut. Bot. Ges. i. (1883), 240. 

 M. quadrifida, Burm. Flor. Ind. 237. c. t. 62, f. 3 (sub. coromandelica). 



Socotra. In many of the streams about the middle of the island. B.C.S. 

 n. 461. Schweinf. nn. 437, 536, 685. 



Distrib. Shores of the Indian Peninsula and Senegambia. 



A species which varies considerably both in size of fruit and size of leaf. 



POLYPODIACE^.* 



1. ADIANTUM. 



Adiantum, Linn. Gen. n. 782 ; Hook, and Baker Syn. Fil. ed. 2 (1874), 113. 



A genus including about 80-90 species of tropical and subtropical regions, 

 having its headquarters in tropical America. Of the three Socotran species 

 two are widely dispersed, but one is endemic. 



1. A. Capillus- Veneris, Linn. Sp. 1558 ; Hook, and Baker Syn. Fil. 

 ed. 2 (1874), 123; Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 41; Kuhn in Ber. Deuts. Bot. Ges. i. 

 (1883), 239. 



* I have availed myself of Mr Baker's extensive knowledge of Ferns in determining the Socotran 

 species, and to him I am indebted for the description of, and notes to the new species. 



