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long, the erecto-patent branchlets considerably compound with 

 ascending contignous tertiary divisions. Leaves of the lower plane 

 contiguous, oblong-rhomboid, subacute, those of the branches ^ in., 

 of the branchlets l-12th to l-8th in. long, bright green, moderately 

 firm in texture, not ciliated, dilated and rounded on the upper side 

 at the base, not at all imbricated over the stem ; leaves of the 

 upper plane one-half as long, oblique ovate-lanceolate, shortly 

 cuspidate. Spikes square, |— ^ in. long, f lin. diam. ; bracts ovate 

 cuspidate, strongly keeled. 



Var. S. ■perelefians Moore. — S. bellula Moore in Grard. Chron. 

 1879, 173, fig. 25, non Cesati. — Stems dwarfy, not more than a 

 foot long ; pinnae shorter, more deltoid, with more compound lower 

 branches. Spikes copious, often an inch long. 



Hab. East Himalayas, and moimtaius of Birma and Peninsular 

 India. Spring's Javan plant must, I think, be referred to 8. 

 cayialicnlata . A frequent species in cultivation, but scarcely more 

 than a variety of S. canalicnlata in a broad sense. 



204. S. CANALicuLATA Baker. — 8. caudata Spring Mon. ii. 139. 

 — 8. Pouzohiana Spring Mon. ii. 142. — 8. Durvillei A. Br. ; 

 Kulm Fil. Nov. Hebrid. 17. — 8. conferta Moore. — 8. viuricata 

 Cesati. — 8. sinensis Hort. — Lycopodium canalicidatmn Linn. (Dill. 

 Muse. tab. 65, fig. 6). — L. Durvillei Bory Voy. Coquille Crypt. 

 t. 25. — L. caudatum, planum, and nemonmi Desv. — Stems suberect, 

 sarmentose, reaching a length of 3-4 ft. ; pinnae deltoid, usually 

 4-6 in. i long, sometimes flexuose and more elongated ; lower 

 branchlets copiously compound, the tertiary divisions more erecto- 

 patent and not so close as inaqualifolia. Leaves of the lower plane 

 crowded, oblong-rhomboid, pointed at the upper corner, l-12th to 

 l-8th in. long on the branchlets, bright green, moderately firm in 

 texture, not ciliated, cuneate-truncate on the upper, nearly square 

 on the lower side at the base, not at all imbricated over the stem ; 

 leaves of the upper plane ovate-lanceolate, acute, one-half as long. 

 Spikes square, |-1 in. long, ^ lin. diam. ; bracts ovate cuspidate, 

 strongly keeled. 



Hab. East Himalayas, Birma, South China, Philippines, 

 Malay and Polynesian Islands. Piare in cultivation. 



205. S. aneitense, n. sp. — Suberect, with the habit of 8. 

 canaliculata , but much dwarfer; pinnae patent, deltoid, 2-3 in. long 

 and broad, cuneate at the base, the lower pinnules with slightly 

 compound tertiary segments, the divisions of all grades erecto- 

 patent. Leaves of the lower plane spaced even on the branchlets, 

 ascending, ovate-lanceolate, acute, a line long on the main branches, 

 much smaller on the ultimate segments, bright green, firm in 

 texture, not ciliated, dilated and rounded on the upper side at the 

 base, not imbricated over the stem; leaves of the upper plane 

 nearly as long, oblique lanceolate, acute, not cuspidate. Spikes 

 square, J-^ in. long, ^ lin. diam. ; bracts ovate cuspidate, strongly 

 keeled. 



Hab. Aneitum, Dr. Turnbull ! A very distinct plant, most 

 like 8. canaliculata on a smaller scale. 



206. S. Hookeri, n. sp. — Habit of <S'. iiicequalijolia and canalicu- 



