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A SYNOPSIS OP THE GENUS 8KLAGINELLA. 



By J. G. Bakee, F.R.S., &c. 



(Continued from vol. xxii., \>. '^11). 



197. S. cuspiDATA Link Fil. Hort. Berol. 158. — S. incana Spring 

 Mon. ii. 157. — S. densi/olia, pallescens, and reticulata Klotzscli. — 

 Lycopodium cusjddatum Link. — L. pallescens Presl. — Stems densely 

 tufted, about half a foot long, branched nearly or quite from the 

 base, the primary branching pinnate, the short rhomboid pinnae 

 copiously compound with contiguous branchlets. Leaves of the 

 lower plane crowded, ascending, oblique ovate, cuspidate, dilated 

 and ciliated on the upper side at the base, ^-1 lin. long, pale green, 

 white-edged, rigid in texture ; leaves of the upper plane nearly as 

 long, oblique ovate, cuspidate. Spikes square, ^-^ in. long, f Tin. 

 diam. ; bracts ovate cuspidate, strongly keeled. 



Var. elongata Spring Mon. ii. 67. — 8. salcangula Spring Mon. 

 ii. 163. — Lycopodium cordifolium Hort. — Stems reaching a foot or 

 more in length, simple in the lower part, the primary branches 

 more elongated and more pinnate. 



Hab. Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, and New Granada. 

 S. incana Spring differs from the type by its less crowded, less dis- 

 tinctly cuspidate leaves. A common species in cultivation. 



Series IV. — Sarmentos^. 



198. S. picTA A. Br. — Lycopodium pictum Griff. — Stems flexu- 

 ose, sarmentose, suberect, 1-2 ft. long, regularly bipinnate ; pinnae 

 oblong-lanceolate, caudate, ascending, ^ ft. long, the erecto-patent 

 contiguous branchlets always simple, 1-2 in. long. Leaves of the 

 lower plane crowded, oblong-lanceolate, falcate, pointed at the 

 upper corner, bright green, moderately firm in texture, l-5th to 

 l-4th in. long, obscurely petioled, not ciliated, cuneate on the 

 upper, rounded on the lower side at the base, not at all imbricated 

 over the stem ; leaves of the upper plane one-third as long, oblique 

 oblong, minutely cuspidate, white in the upper half. Spikes 

 square, terminal on the branchlets, J-|- in. long, f lin. diam. ; 

 bracts ovate cuspidate, acutely keeled. 



Hab. Mishme and Patkaye Hills, East Himalayas, Griffith ! 



199. S. Wallichii Spring Mon. ii. 143. — S. stipulata Spring 

 Mon. ii. 144. — S. Gaudichaudiana Spring. Mon. ii. 149. — S. 

 cyatheoides, canalicidata, and amhoinensis Spring. — 8. velutina 

 Cesati. — Lycopodium Wallichii Hook. & Grev. — L. mimosoides 

 Eoxb. — L. ehvians Wall. — L. stipulatum Blume. — Stems sarmentose, 

 suberect, 2-3 ft. long ; pinufB lanceolate, 6-9 in. long, the in- 

 variably simple crowded erecto-patent pinnules 1-1 i in. long, the 

 end one sometimes 3-4 in. Leaves of the lower plane crowded, 

 oblong-lanceolate, slightly falcate, pointed at the upper corner, 

 equal-sided, the lower ones of the pinnules l-8th to l-12th in. long, 

 the upper growing gradually smaller, dark bright green, firm in 

 texture, obscurely petiolulate, not ciliated, truncate or slightly 

 cordate on both sides at the base, not at all imbricated over the 



