SELAGINELLACE^E. 



99 



Fig, 62, Selaginella atroiiridis SPRING ; a, 

 apical portion of a branch; b, a dorsal leaf; c, 

 a ventral leaf; d, a bract. 



4. Selaginella atroviridis SPRING (Fig. 62); BAKER Fer. All. p. 77; 

 MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 552. 



HAT;. Taitonzan ; Suiteino; 

 Kokei ; Shintengai. 



I have seen a specimen of 

 this species from Hongkong. It 

 is a little different from our plant 

 in the leaves which are in the 

 7 Hongkong specimen more or less 

 muricate on the upper surface. 



5. Selaginella caulescens 



SPRING (Fig. 63); BAKER Fern. 

 All. p. 94 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA 

 Enum. PI Formos. p. 552. 



HAB. Suichoryu. 



6. Selaginella subcaulescens HAYATA sp. 

 nov. (Fig. 64). Planta 20-40 cm. longa. Caulis 

 ascendento-erectus medio sursum ramosus a basi 

 usque ad supra medium eramosus teres pallido- 

 stramineus squamis adpressis instructus, squamis 

 lanceolato-triangularibus 2^- mm. longis 1 mm. 



latis apice cuspidato-acuminatis ; partibus caulis F * g 63> s * agindla crml ^ 



ramosis in ambitu ovato-lanceolatis 10-20 cm. cens SPRING ; a, apical portion of 



a branch ; b, a dorsal leaf ; c, a 



longis, raniis juxta infimos longissimis ramosis- ventral leaf; d, a bract, 

 simis ; ramulis cum foliis 2-2imm. latis. Folia dirnorpha dorsi-ventraliter 

 disposita ; folia .dorsal ia minora oblique cuspidato-ovata ascendentia cum 

 cuspidibus 1 mm. longa mm. lata apice cuspidata, cuspidibus i mm. longis, 

 basi oblique cordata vel hand cordata margine aristato-serrulata ; folia ventra- 

 lia majora paten ti a contigua oblique oblongo-ovata l^mm. longa mm. lata 

 versus apicem superiore falcata margine subintegra sed latere superiore versus 

 basin minute serrulata. Spica? ^-1 cm. Ionga3 tetragons plus minus com- 

 planatas cum bracteis 2 mm. latae ; bracteis uniformibus cuspidato-ovatis 1^ 

 mm. longis mm. latis apice cuspidatis valde costatis margine serrulatis ; 



