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viler convexus vel planiusculus, facie media elevatus bisulcatus 

 et tricarinatus. Folia in caule primario longe remota inque 

 ipsis ramulis remotiuscula, opaca, subtus parum nitentia; late- 

 ralia omiiino autica! sub angulo fere recto patentia , oblonga, 

 recta et subaequalitcra, 4-5 mill, longa, t 1/2-2 mill, lata, ob- 

 tusiuscula, utraque basi subaequaliter minute cordato-auriculata, 

 margine superiore serrulata, inferiore inlegerrirna , ad apicem 

 utrinque minute et confertim deuticulata, versus basin ad auri- 

 culas brevitcr ciliata, nervo supra paululum prominente, subtus 

 subsulcato. Folia intermedia triplo-quadruplo minora, plerum- 

 que convergentia , prater cuspidem adpressa, oblique ovala, 

 margine exteriore rotundato-curvato, interiore fere rectiiineo, 

 utroque margine serrulata , apice in cuspidem angustam denti- 

 culatam lamina breviorem acuminata, basi peltatim altixa et in 

 auriculam unicam magnam longitudiue laminam dimidiam aequan- 

 tern et dimidio fere angusliorem repando-rotundatani ciliolatam 

 cxpansa, dorso versus apicem nervo prominente anguste cari- 

 iiala. Cilia? auricularum unicellulares , 0,07-0,09 mill, longae. 

 Spicas non vidi. — In provincia Guayaquil prope Balao (Ja- 

 meson, n. 374, in h. Boiss.). 



?33. Selaginella stratata Spr., Monogr. 



34. S. Pwppigia?ta Spr. in Flora, 1838. 



35. S. Kunzeana AI. Br. — Friecedenle omnibus parti- 

 bus debilior et laxior. Caulis dorso magis dilatatus, bine folio, 

 rum laleralium insertio omnino anlica. Folia lateralia angustiora- 

 lingulato-Ianceolafa, recta vel paululum faleatim recurva, acti- 

 tiuscula, evidenter raarginata, margine superiore scrrato-denti- 

 culata, pos?eriore prater basin et apicem subinlegerrima , basi 

 superiore adnata , inferiore evidenter auriculaia, auricula mar- 

 gin! inferiori parallela vel plus minusve sursum incurvata. Folia 

 axillaria laleralibus minora, lanceolala , toto margine serrato- 

 (Icnliciilata. Folia intermedia oblique ovala vel oblooga apice 

 in cuspidem arisliformem denliculatani atlenuata, basi biauricu- 

 lata, auricula exteriore majore rotundata denliculis Don nu His 

 instructa. Spicae lateralcs, ramulis brevissimis sufFulta? vel 

 subsessiles, nonnunquam elongate. Macrosporae 0,58 - 0,60 mill, 

 crassae, grosse elevato-reticulatse. Microspore 0,03 mill, crassae, 



aculeolis longioribus muricalse. 



36. 5. Lindigii AI. Br. — Habitus fere S. Kunzeame. 

 Surculi prostrati, elongati, laxe ramosi , demum adscendentes. 

 Caulis tetragonus, pleurotropus , dorso leviter convexus vel 

 planus, facie bi-vel passim trisulcatus. Folia inferiora valdc 

 remota, superiora quoque remotiuscula, dnriuscula, kete viridia, 

 subtus nitentia : lateralia sulcis laleralibus inserta, angulo fere 

 recto patentia, 3-3 1/2 millim. longa, oblique ovata, ovato- 



Janceolata vel lanceolate, pWumque felcalim snbrecurva, valrie 



