The Dawe specimen bears what appears to be Alston’s initials and a confirmatory tick; the specimen agrees well with Bizzarri’s description.I have found it difficult to distinguish specimens of S. goudotiana lacking stolons. In the field probably all populations will display specimens with stolons but herbarium specimens often lack them. Comparing descriptions the differences seem slight yet none of the specialists has suggested they are related. In S. goudotiana the rhizophores come from the base and the stem leaves are often more spaced; both lateral and median leaves are relatively wider; the dorsal sporophylls are relatively longer and narrower and more acute and the ventral ones longer and wider. The megaspores of S. goudotiana are described as mammillose by Bizzarri and papillose by Alston; those of S. molliceps are reticulate. It is not known how constant the red colour of the lower stem of S. molliceps in life is but this has never been reported in S. goudotiana. Bizzarri includes Kenya in the distribution of S. molliceps but Faden does not mention it in U.K.W.F. Czeladzinski has, however, identified Meinertzhagen s.n., Nandi, Dec. 1904 as S. molliceps which may explain the record from KENYA. I do not know why it is not S. goudotiana. S. molliceps has a much more restricted western distribution than S. goudotiana and its occurrence in our area needs more investigation. The Rose specimen was identified by Czeladzinski and appears to agree.