102 Baker . — Vascular Cryptogamia of Grenada. 
LYCOPODIACEAE. 
Lycopodium taxifolium , L. Common on trees in the forests. 
L. cernuum, L. Very common on banks, ascending to the peaks of 
the highest mountains. 
L. dichotomum , Jacq. Trees in damp forests. 
L. verticillatum , L. Rare, on trees. 
Psilotum triquetrum , Sw. On trees, not common. 
SELAG-INELLACEAE. 
Selaginella flabellata , Spring. Everywhere common, both in the 
forests and open ground. 
S. rotundifolia , Spring. Damp banks, rare. 
S. albo-nitens , Spring. High forests only. 
The total number of ferns gathered in Grenada by Mr. 
Sherring is 145. As far as ferns are concerned the island 
does not offer many salient characteristics, most of the 
species being universally diffused through the West Indies. 
The two novelties are a tree-fern and an Acrostichum. 
Hypoderris Brownii was known before only in Trinidad, and 
Schizaea fluminensis and Acrostichum Aubertii are con- 
tinental types now added for the first time to the West 
Indian floras. The other species of the greatest interest on 
the score of rarity are Cyathea muricata , N ephrodium nemo - 
ro sum, Polypodium Hartii , Asplenium Godmani , and Danaea 
polymorpha. The absence of two such common West Indian 
ferns as Asplenium striatum and Lygodium volubile , and of all 
the Anemias, is very remarkable. 
