Cattell for his note and tell him that Sir Henry and Lady 
Barkly quite intend to publish a revised list of the Mauritian 
Lems. They have taken great pains to make the list as com- 
plete as possible and to hunt up the species which have not 
been seen lately. Of Bojer’s about which he inquires the fol- 
lowing are such as I can give synonyms for, according to Sy- 
nopsis Tilicum 
Uymenophyllimi riccioefolium. H. emersum. 
Aspidium Mascarense Nephr odium froncatum. 
Aspidium cruciatum Polyp'odium Bojeri. 
Polypodium laejopodioides Polypodium Lycopodioides. 
” Mai y male | p, lanceolatum. 
„ Macrocarpon ... ) 
Adiantimfumarioid.es P. OetJiiopicum. 
“ Believe me, your3, 
“ J. L. Baker.” 
La lettre suivante est communiquee par le Secretaire : 
“ Stockholm Sweden, Oct. 1870. 
The Secretary to the Royal Society of Arts Sf Sciences, 
Mauritius .” 
“ Sir, 
“ The Royal Academy ot Sciences in Stockholm who is very 
anxious to enter in communication with the men of science, 
sent a time ago a parcel containing their latest publications 
to you, caro of Messrs. Longman & Co. in London, hoping 
that you would kindly receive them. As the Messrs. Longman 
& Co. wrote back that they did not know your direction, and 
consequently were unable to forward the parcel to you, I now 
take the liberty of asking you how in case you are willing to 
receive our publications, these may be sent to you most cheap- 
ly and most conveniently. If, as I suppose, you have an agent 
in London, the parcel would be best sent to him. 
‘‘The Academy does not necessarily expect your publications 
in return, yet I feel bound to state that your works would 
not only be most welcome to our Academy, but also that by 
