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Adiantum lunulatum, Burnt.— On clay soil at the little bay south of the en¬ 
trance to Port Mouat, seen nowhere else. 
Lindsaea tenera, Dry.— Phoenix Bay, frequent along the road to Haddo and 
Aberdeen ; Port Blair : Dr. Liebig ! 
davallioides, Bl. —Common on the woody ridges north of Viper Island. 
Davallia solida, Sw. —Here and there along the coasts of South and Middle 
Andaman, Rutland and Labyrinth Islands, mostly in mangrove 
swamps. 
——— - parallela, Wall.— On an old tree between Port Mouat and Homfray’s 
Ghat in abundance. 
: -polypodioides, Don.-— Level lands in the interior north of Mangrove 
Bay, in damp jungles. 
Trichomanes delicatulum, Knrz. —On trees in very moist localities at the eastern 
slope of Mount Harriet, and in the mangrove swamps around 
Phoenix Bay. Differs from T Henzaiense by the sessile sori. 
Rev. Parishes observation requires confirmation. 
______ Javanicum, Bl— Only a few specimens found in very wet localities 
at South Point. 
* ... — rigidum, 8m t — Andamans : D. Ball . 
filicula, Bory. —In the damp forests of the western coasts of South 
Andaman, around Port Mouat, and on Rutland Island. 
pyxidiferum, L.—Southern side of Mount Harriet, common on wet 
stems of trees. 
.- . .. Kurzii, Bedd. —Eastern side of Mount Harriet, and in the mangrove 
jungles around Phoenix Bay rather frequent. 
In the figure given by Major Beddome the stopes appear glabrous, 
but they are hairy. 
Muscr. 
Mosses are less numerous, as might be expected, and do not occur in such 
dense patches as we are accustomed to see them on more southern islands. Only 
in the mangrove swamps along the sea little patches may be found of Leucoble- 
pharum albidum (common), Macromitrium and Calymperes, A Leucobryum is 
often common in the higher tops of the trees in the interior. A little Pissidens 
in company with some scalemosses and lichens covers in places the rocks in the 
torrents with an agreeable green, but at the time I was there they were dried up 
so, that they broke when touched. Another species of this genus is found 
sometimes on moist fertile soil. Only about 16 or 17 species have been detected 
by me; but there is a number which I neglected, because they were altogether 
without fructification, and totally dried up. The genera most represented are 
Macromitrium, Hypnum, Fissidens, Calymperes, Leucobryum, Octoblepharum 
and Heckera. 
Hepatkee. 
Scale mosses like mosses appear chiefly adhering to the stems or leaves 
of trees or growing on the rocks. Only in a few very moist localities, as for 
instance in the larger mangrove swamps and along the shady slopes of Mount 
Harriet, are they found in loose patches. Their number, it is remarkable, super¬ 
cedes that of the mosses, as is the case also on the Galopagos islands. The number 
which I collected may be 18 or 19. Amongst them the genera Plagiochila, 
Mastigobryum, Lejeunia, and Frullania. 
As in lichens also no forms are found here growing exclusively on earth, as 
M&rchantiaceae. Also no Ricciaceae occur in the fresh waters. Epiphyllous 
forms, on the contrary, are most developed, though not numerous in species. 
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