THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Selaginella—contwnued. 
S. rigida (rigid). A garden name for S. afinis. 
S. robusta (robust). A garden name tor S, canaliculata robusta. 
S. rubella (reddish). stems lft. long, sub-erect, with root-fibres 
from the lower half, reddish-brown, pinnately branched, the 
lower branches cuneate, with tive to seven branchlets. .l. of the 
lower plane" ascending, crowded on the branchlets, oblique- 
oblong, obtuse or obscurely cuspidate, „in. to gin. long, dark 
green, turning reddish with age, more produced and ciliated on 
the upper side at the base; leaves of the upper plane half as 
long, ovate, cuspidate, much imbricated. spikes square, }in. 
to Tin. long; bracts long-cuspidate, strongly keeled. Native 
country unknown, 1870. Greenhouse. (G. C. 1871, p. 902.) 
S. rubricaulis (red-stemmed). A synonym of S. molliceps. 
S, selaginoides (Fir Club-moss-like). A synonym of S. spinosa. 
(winding). stems densely matted, quite trailing, 6in. 
to 9in. long, copiously pinnate, branched, with numerous, erecto- 
patent, slightly compound branches. J, of the lower plane 
crowded, spreading, three-quarters of a line long, ovate-oblong, 
bright green with a distinct midrib, both sides rounded and 
ciliated at base; leaves of the upper plane one-third as long, 
acute. spikes square, jin. to sin. long ; bracts cuspidate, crowded, 
strongly keeled, West Indies. A well-known, stove species. 
SYNS, S. mutabilis, S. variabilis, S. varians. 
S. setosa (bristly) A garden form of S. erythropus. 
S. sinensis (Chinese). A garden synonym of S. canaliculata. 
S. spinosa (spiny). barren stems short, trailing, slender, little 
branched, with short, ascending branches. J, lax and spreading 
on the lower part of the barren branches, dense and ascending 
upwards, lanceolate, half a line to one line long, acute, bright 
green, ciliated. Jertile stems erect, simple, 2in. to Sin. long, with 
a leafy peduncle about as long as the spike. spike multifarious ; 
bracts lax, ascending, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, gin. to gin. 
long, strongly ciliated, not acutely keeled. Europe (Britain), 
» North America, . Syn. S. selaginoides. č 
S. spinulosa (small-spined). stems very slender, trailing, lin. to 
2in. long, eA aroei pey k 
brane! , Oblong, obtuse, half a line long, pale green, 
strongly ciliated; leaves of the upper plane a quarter to one- 
third as long, oblong, acute. spikes short, square; bracts cus- 
pidate, strongly keeled. Java. Stove. 
S. stolonifera (stolon-bearing). A form of S. Martensii. 
suberosa (slightly erose). stems densely tufted, sub-erect, 
often above lit. long, pale, shining brown, copiously pinnate, the 
branching erecto-patent und decompound, the root-tibres some- 
times extending half-way up to it. /. of the lower plane spaced 
and erecto-patent on the branches, very distant and spreading on 
the main siem, oblique-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
bright green, unequal-sided, much produced, broadly rounded, 
shortly ciliated; leaves of the upper plane as long, long- 
. spikes copious, fin, to jin. long, resupinate ; bracts 
of the upper plaue lanceolate, erecto-patent, of the lower plane 
ascending, ovate, cuspidate. ia Mountains. Gri ouse, 
 §. sulcata (furrowed). stems trailing in the lower half, usually 
_ assurgent in the upper half, deeply bisulcate down the face, 
jointed at the nodes, copiously flabellate-pinnate, the final 
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branchlets contiguous. l. of the lower plane close on the 
branchlets, spaced on the stem, oblong-lanceolate, acute, in. to 
sin. long, auricled on both sides at base; leaves of the upper 
plane one-third as long, long-cuspidate. spikes jin. to din. long, 
— ‘bracts acute, strongly keeled. South Brazil Green- 
ouse, 
S. texta. See S, involvens texta, ‘ 
S. uncinata (hooked).* stems weak, slender, pale straw-coloured, 
bisucate on the face, , lit. to 2ft. long, with a long, ex- 
current tip, and alternate, short, pinnately arranged, copiously 
compound branches. /. of the lower plane sub-ovate, yw to 
gin. long, close or rather spaced on the branches, thin, bright 
blue-green, minutely petiolate, both sides cordate at base ; leaves 
of the upper plane one-third as long, cuspidate, much imbricated. 
ikes jin, to din. long, square ; bracts one line long, crowded, 
s. y keeled. China. A well-known, greenhouse species, 
This is the proper name of the blue-tinted plant known in 
gardens as S. cæsia. 
S. variabilis (variable). A synonym of S. serpens. 
S. varians (variable). A synonym of S. serpens. 
- S. Victoriæ (Victoria's). stems sub-erect, sarmentose, 3ft. to 4ft. 
~ long; pinnze eltoid, 6in. to 9in. long, caudate ; upper 
- pinnules erecto-patent and simple, contiguous, the lower forked 
a trem o — l. of the lower plane crowded, oblong- 
DN ede came wne, a om long, dark bright green, 
a $ ves of t upper plane a quarter as 
long, much imbricated ikes square, lin. to 2in. lan ; bracts 
acute Stove. Rare in cultivation. 
. spikes 
ly keeled. Borneo, &c. 
(G. C. n. s., xi. p. 76. A 
S. viticulosa (tendrilled). stems about lin. lon, , stramin 
ple in the lower part, deltoid and GANA Dywedai. 
_ pinne deltoid, bi- or tripinnate, the root-fibres i 
extending to the axils of the lowest pinnæ, the Sm soso 
final ts din. to lin. long. l of the lower plane 
ascending.” lanceolate or oblique-ovate, acute, Ain. 
to gin. long, bright green; leaves of the upper plane one-third 
of the lower plane spaced even on. 
Selaginella —continued. 
as long, oblique-ovate, cuspidate. spikes square; bracts cus- 
pidate, strongly keeled. Central America and Venezuela. Stove. 
S. Vogelii (Vogels). stems lft. to 2ft. long, erect, simple in the 
lower half, often pink-tinted, with a few distant, small, adpressed 
leaves, deltoid and decompound in the upper half ; lower pinne 
deltoid, petiolate, three or four-pinnate, the contiguous, erecto- 
patent final divisions lin. to gin. long. 1. of the lower plane 
spaced even on the branchlets, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 
ascending, acute, one to two lines long, bright gronn, both edges 
liable to be revolute, truncate at base ; leaves of the upper plane 
minute, with a large cusp. spikes square, jin. to jin. long; 
bracts cuspidate, strongly keeled. West Africa. Stove. Well 
known in cultivation. SYN. S. africana. There is a variegated 
form. S. dichrous is a garden form of this species. 
S._Wallichii (Wallich’s).* stems sarmentose, sub-erect, 2ft. to 
3ft. long ; pinnz lanceolate, 6in. to 9in. long ; pinnules invariably 
simple, crowded, erecto-patent, lin. to lin. long, the end one 
sometimes šin. to 4in. long. J. of the lower plane crowded, 
oblong-lanceolate, slightly faleate, pointed at the upper corner, 
equal-sided, the lower ones of the pinnules in. to jin. long, the 
upper gradually smaller, dark bright green, obscurely petiolulate, 
truncate or slightly cordate on both sides at the base ; leaves of 
the upper plane a quarter as long, much imbricated. spikes 
square, terminal on the pinnules, }in. to lin. long; bracts 
cuspidate, strongly keeled. India. Acommon and ornamental, 
stove species, 
S. Willdenovii (Willdenow’s).* stems climbing to a length of 
12ft. to 20ft. or more; pinne spreading, deltoid, lft. to 2ft. long, 
pinnules deltoid and decompound; ultimate branches short and 
contiguous. l. of the lower plane crowded, ascending, ovate or 
oblong, in. to fin. long green with a tint of blue, obscurely 
petiolate, cordate on both sides at base; leaves of the upper 
plane one-third as long, not cuspidate. spikes square, in. to 
lin. long; bracts -scarcely larger than the sporangia. Cochin 
China, &c. A well-known, stove species. SYN. S. cæsia arborea. 
SELAGO (the old Latin name, used by Pliny, for a 
plant which the Druids gathered with mysterious cere- 
monies), ORD. Selaginee. A genus com- 
prising nearly eighty species of green- 
house shrubs or under-shrubs, often 
Heath-like, rarely dwarf, annual herbs ; 
one is a native of Madagascar, another 
is found in tropical Africa, and the rest 
are extra-tropical South African, Flowers 
in the axils of the ovate or narrow bracts, 
or rarely shortly pedicellate with a bract, 
in terminal spikes; calyx two, three, or 
five-cleft; corolla limb oblique or sub- 
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bilabiate; stamens four, didynamous. 
Leaves narrow or rather small, some- 
times very small, alternate, scattered, or 
the lower ones rarely opposite; often 
fascicled in the axils, entire or toothed. 
A selection of species, including those 
best known in gardens, is given below. 
They are of easy culture in sandy loam 
or peat and sand. Propagation may be 
effected by seeds; or by cuttings of 
half-ripened wood, inserted in sandy soil, 
under a bell glass, in bottom heat. All 
are South African sub-shrubs, flowering 
in summer. 
S. bosa (co: 3 i $ 
arad graet n Gee pools main oe 
br ly gren hea gg ae x A linear, fas- 
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A ote 1698, rect, branched, pubescent. 
a anions spik gs gms pig ifn presi 
-spiked or id ; coro ; 
. acute, flat. h, Sin. 1823. wre 
S. distans (distant). f. white; calyx seg- 
ments acuminate, shorter than the A 
- tube; spikes solitary, terminal, scattered- 
flowered; bracts oblong. Z. fascicled, two 
a a lon, jens Pipe semi- 
erete, obtuse. ems sub-dichotomously ING BRANCH OF 
branched ; branchlets pubescent. A. 1ft. 1845. 
See Fig. 470. (B. R. xxxi. 46.) oe 
S. fasciculata (fascicled), A synonym of S. serrata. 
S. fruticosa (shrubby). ji. yellow, in unculate heads, spikes, 
or panicles; corolla scarcely ex ing the calyx. i. linear, 
se E obtuse, glabrous, slightly s reading or the lower ones 
xed, solita r i ~ 
h. lft. 1774. ry or sub-fasciculate, the margins revolute. 
Fig. 470. FLOWER- 
