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integeiTima; macrosporae pallide flavidae, purpureae vel atrufuscae, 

 graciliter verruculosae vel rugulosae: microsporae coacer\atim ac- 

 cumulatae flavidae vel pallide aurantiacae, latere rotundato gibbis 

 conicis vel siibcylindricis, liberis vel connatis oniatae. - Rhizoma 

 subterraneuiiî, lacerato-sqiiamosum, 2-stelicum. 



Near S. Braunii Bk. but much smaller.-The description is 

 taken from spécimens cultivated in the Biiitenzorg Gardens and 

 probablv gathered in one of the Malayan [slands.-The species 

 bears the name of Dr. G. liieronymus, the author of the article 

 on the Selaginellaceae in Engl. & PrantI, Nat. Ptl. fam., I^. 



js^elaftiiielia iiiaro>*eiisi*. r. A. r. f*. 



HeteropJmjllum Monostelicae, i\P CiiilesceHtes. --(>àu\e^ e basi 

 decumbente erecti, ca 80-45 cm. longi, parte inferiore simplices, 

 straminei, 1-stelici, decidue pubescentes, supra 2-3-sulcati, 

 superne pinnati, parte ramosa in circuitu oblonga, ca 20 -30 cm. 

 longa, ca (>-10 cm. lata, acuminata, rachidibus subtus distincte 

 sed non dense pubescentibus; pinnae ascendentes, oblongae, usque 

 ad 10 cm. longae; pinnulae simplices vel furcatae, ascendentes; 

 ramuli ultimi 1 - 3 cm. longi, foliis lateralibus inclusis ca 3 - 5 mm. 

 lati. Folia caulina et folia parte inferiore rachidis primariae iso- 

 morpha, erecta, appressa, ovata, ca 21/2 mm. longa, acuminata, 

 integerrima, basi exteriore cordata: folia ramorum ramulorumque 

 et parte superiore rachidis primariae heteromorpha; fulia latei-alia 

 rachidis primariae ascendentia, lanceolato-oblonga, falcata, maxima 

 ca 5 mm. longa et 2 mm. lata, obtusiuscula, subtus distinctius 

 spurioso-venulosa, margine superiore basin versus minute denticu- 

 lata, parte anteriore pauUo dilatata, basi superiore cuneata, inferiore 

 oblique truncata: folia lateralia ramorum ramulorumque foliis 

 lateralibus rachidis primariae similia sed approximata, obtusiora, ca 

 2-3 mm. longa, ca duplo angustiora, basi inferiore ciliis brevibus 

 0-4 ornata: folia intermedia erecta, ovata, acuminata, cuspidata, 

 integerrima, carinata, basi exteriore producta, cordata; folia inter- 

 media rachidis primariae remota, usque ad 3 mm. longa, plus 

 minusve incurvato-falcata, folia intermedia ramorum ramulorumque 

 modice contigua, hic illic subrecta, usque ad 2 mm. longa. Spicae 

 subquadrangulares, ca IV2-2 mm. crassae; sporophylla ascendentia, 

 ovato-subulata, acuta, minute denticulata, carinata, posteriora 

 (ventralia) paullo majora, usque ad 2 mm. longa; macrosporae 



