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A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS 8ELAGINELLA. 

 By J. G. Baker, F.E.S., &c. 



y - (Contiuued from p. 25.) 



j^QJUQ. S. PENTAGONA Spring Mon. ii. 150. — 8. implexa Scott. — 

 Stems l-li ft. long, ascending from a decumbent base, sometimes 

 lengthened out and taking root at the tip, simple in lower half or 

 third, deltoid and decompound upwards, with 2-3-pinnate deltoid 

 lower pinna?, the contiguous ascending final branchlets |— 1 in. long, 

 ^-^ in. broad. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous, ascending, 

 oblique ovate, acute, l-12tli to l-8th in. long, bright green, 

 moderately firm in texture, dilated, obscurely ciliated, broadly 

 rounded, and much imbricated over the stem on the upper side at 

 the base ; leaves of the lower plane one-third to one-quarter as 

 long, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Spikes square, short, ^f lin. 

 diam. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, strongly keeled, 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas, and Parasnatli. Intermediate in 

 habit between Jiahellata and vwnospora. 



221. S. Menziesii Spring Mon. ii. 185. — S. Sprmgii Spring 

 Mon. ii. 184. — Lycupodlum Menziesii Hook. & Grev. — L. Arhnscula 

 Hook. & Grev. Ic. t. 200, non Kaulf. — Stems erect, -J-l ft. long, 

 simple in the lower half, with the leaves of the upper part 

 spreading, deltoid and decompound in the upper half, the lower 

 pianife copiously compound, the final branchlets J-J in. long, ^ in. 

 broad. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous, oblique ovate, acute, 

 ascending, falcate, l-12th to l-6th in. long, bright green, mode- 

 rately firm in texture, dilated, broadly rounded, obscurely ciliated, 

 and a little imbricated over the stem on the upper side at the base ; 

 leaves of the upper plane one-third as long, oblique ovate, with a 

 large cusp. Spikes short, square, | lin. diam. ; bracts ovate- 

 cuspidate, acutely keeled. 



Hab. Polynesia, especially in the Sandwich Islands. I find it 

 difficult to draw the line between this species and 8. Arbusciila on 

 the one hand, and -S'. Jiahellata on the other. 



222. S. breynioides, n. sp. — Stems above a foot long, erect, 

 simple in lower part, with spreading leaves, deltoid and decompound 

 in the upper three-quarters, the branches erecto-patent and sparingly 

 subflal)ellately compound, the lower ones half a foot long, the final 

 branchlets 1-2 in. long, \-\ in. broad. Leaves of the lower plane 

 contiguous even on the main stem, spreading, oblong-rhomboid, 

 obtuse, bright green, moderately firm in texture, ^-\ in. long, 

 obliquely inserted, broadly rounded, not ciliated, slightly imbricated 

 over the stem on the upper side at the base ; leaves of the upper 

 plane half as long, oblique ovate, with a large cusp, much imbri- 

 cated. Spikes short, terminal, 1 lin. diam. ; bracts ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acutely keeled. 



Hab. Mountains of Navite, Lcvu, Fiji, Milne 198 ! 334 ! 

 Leaves of both planes in size, shape and insertion closely re- 

 sembling those of >S'. Breynii, but general habit of course very 

 different. 



