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Representing: Equisetum amboinicum arboreum squamatum (sive 

 foliatum) Rumph. Herb. Amboin. VI, 91, tab. XLI, fig. 1. 

 Distrib.: Malaya. 



LYCOPODIUM CARINATUM Desv. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 3 (1813) 555; 

 v. A. v. R. Mai. Fern All. 36. 



Aboina, Amahoesoe, Rel. Robins. 197S, August 30, 1913, on trees at low 

 altitudes, locally known as bunga ranti. 



In habit this specimen resembles very much Lycopodium laxum Presl 

 (non Spring), but the leaves are longer and not rigid. 



Distrib.: Tropical Asia to Polynesia. 



SELAGINELLACEAE 



SELAGINELLA Linnaeus 

 SELAGINELLA ROBINSON 1 1 V. A. V. R. sp. nov. 



Heterophyllum, Monostelicae, Intertextae. — S. brevipinnae v. 

 A. v. R. affinis. Caules decumbentes, repentes, dichotomi vel 

 subpinnati, probabiliter caespitosi, graciles, usque ad 0.5 mm 

 crassi, straminei, in sicco irregulariter sulcati, foliis lateralibus 

 inclusis 3.5 ad 4 mm lati ; caules securidarii pinnati ; pinnae remo- 

 tae, obliquae, simplices, furcatae vel subpinnatae; ramuli ultimi 

 usque ad ± 6 mm longi, 1.5 ad 2.25 mm lati. Folia heteromor- 

 pha; folia lateralia patentia remotaque; lateralia eaulina late 

 ovata, 1.75 ad 2.25 mm longa, usque ad 1.5 mm lata, valde inaequi- 

 latera, obtusa vel obtusiuscula, supra minute (sed sat copiose) 

 papilloso-puberula, semifacie superiore apicem versus obsolete 

 serrulata, ceterum serrulata et basin late rotundato-cordatam 

 versus sensim ciliata, semifacie inferiore subintegerrima vel 

 obsolete serrulata, ad basin anguste rotundato-cordatam saepe 

 parce ciliolato-serrulata, costa in $ supra basin evanescente; 

 lateralia ramulorum ultimorum usque ad 1.5 mm longa, minus 

 inaequilatera, magis remote serrulata et ciliata, basi superiore 

 rotundato-cuneata, basi inferiore rotundata; folia intermedia 

 erecta; intermedia eaulina remota, ovata usque ad 1 mm longa, 

 longe acuminata ad cuspidata, subcarinata, semifacie exteriore 

 minute serrulata, basi producta et rotundato-subcordata, semi- 

 facie interiore ciliata, basi rotundata vel rotundato-cuneata; 

 intermedia ramulorum ultimorum minora, contigua. Spicae soli- 

 tariae vel 2-nae, 4 ad 6 mm longae, 2 ad 2.5 mm latae; sporo- 

 phylla lateralia patentia, subremota, lanceolata, breviter subapi- 

 culato-acuminata, supra glabra vel breviter puberula, carinata, 

 margine superiore carinaque remote ciliata; sporophylla inter- 

 media erecta, imbricata, ovata, longe acuminata, proportione 

 longi-ciliata ; sporae .... (microsporae juveniles flavidae vel 

 aurantiacae, minute verruculosae) . 



