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The Ferns of South Africa. 
quoted from Kuhn’s “ Filices Africanae,” and the numbers for 
Australia from Baron Mueller’s 2nd Census, the percentages being 
added : — 
Species. 
Endemic. 
Proportion 
per 100. 
Africa, including Islands, 
683 
458 
67 
Madeira, ...... 
Canaries ...... 
5 1 
4 
8 
43 
1 
2s 
Caboverdias, . 
3 2 
1 
3 
Ascension, ..... 
12 
5 
41 
St. Helena, ..... 
30 
10 
33 
Tristan d’Acunha, .... 
30 
7 
23A 
Fernando Po, ..... 
84 
12 
Hi 
Principii, ...... 
18 
2 
1 1 
St. Thomas, ..... 
18 
1 
Si 
Mauritius ...... 
192 
48 
25 
Bourbon, ...... 
220 
96 
43 i 
Madagascar, ..... 
144 
37 
25 i 
Nossi-beh, ...... 
26 
3 
ni 
Comoras, ...... 
75 
5 
6§ 
Seychelles, ...... 
30 
6 
20 
Australia, ...... 
244 
62 
25I 
South Africa, as above, 
179 
42 
2 3 i 
Pappe and Rawson claimed 88 species as endemic out of their 
total of 1 6 1, but so many of their endemic species have since 
been discarded, that Lady Barkly only allowed 37, and with all 
recent additions, I find only 42. 
There is no genus confined to South Africa, nor is any genus, 
except Mohria, mostly South African, while of the South African 
endemic species more are confined to the Karroo than to any 
other one district. 
Among those species which occur in other countries, there is 
nothing to indicate a special connection of the flora of South 
Africa, or of any district in it, with any other country. This is 
worthy of note, as other portions of the very peculiar South- 
Western flora have a considerable connection with that of Australia, 
and Kuhn remarks on such a connection among the ferns, 
while we find that among the ferns confined in South Africa to 
the South-West district, only two widely distributed species occur 
in Australia. 
From the 75 South-Western ferns, only 18 are found in 
