46 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 



serrulate, and imbricated over the stem on the upper side at the 

 base; leaves of the upper plane minute, obovate, with a large cusp. 

 Spikes square, ^-^ in, long, i hn. diam. ; bracts ovate-cuspidate,- 

 strongly keeled. 



Hab. Mountains of Mergui, GriffUh ! 



223. S. obesa, n. sp. — • Stems erect, stramineous, under a foot 

 long, the lower third simple, the upper two thirds deltoid, frond- 

 like, decompound, the close primary pinnae lanceolate, copiously 

 pinnate, with short sparingly compound ascending branchlets, the 

 ultimate divisions ^^ in. long, ^ in. broad. Leaves of the lower 

 plane contiguous and patent on the branches, ascending on the 

 branchlets, oblique ovate, obtuse, l-12th to l-8th in. long, very 

 broad at the base, much dilated on the upper side, where it is 

 broadly rounded, obscurely ciliated and much imbricated over the 

 stem, the margins above the dilated base revolute ; leaves of the 

 upper plane half as long, ovate-lancealate, with a distinct cusp. 

 Spikes short, square, i lin. diam. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, strongly 

 keeled. 



Hab. North Borneo, Burbidge ! 



224. S. FULCRATA Spring Mon. ii. 171. — S. pubescens Spring 

 Mon. ii. 173. — Lycopodium fulcratum Hamilt. — L. jmhescens Wall. — 

 Stems 1^-2 ft. long, stiffly erect, simple in the lower half, with a 

 few distant small adpressed leaves, deltoid and decompound in the 

 upper half, the pinnae deltoid, the lower ones 3-4 -pinnate, the 

 rachises pubescent, the final branchlets contiguous, J-i in. long, 

 l-12th to l-8th in. diam. Leaves of the lower plane rather spaced 

 even on the branchlets, ascending, lanceolate, acute, l-12th to 

 l-8th in, long, bright green, liable to be revolute at both margins, 

 nearly equal-sided, truncate, and not at all imbricated over the 

 stem at the base ; leaves of the upper plane half as long, lanceolate, 

 incurved, not cuspidate. Spikes square, ^-^ in. long, ^ lin. diam.; 

 bracts orbicclar, with a small cusp, little longer than the sporangia. 



Hab. East Himalayas, and mountains of Birma. A well- 

 marked species, allied only to the African S. Vof/elii. 



225. S. GRANDis Moore in Gard. Chron. 1882, vol.ii. p. 40, t. 8. 

 — S. j)lati)phiiUa Hort. Veitch. — Stems erect, li^-2 ft. long, simple 

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

 branching midway between flabellate and pinnate, the contiguous 

 final branchlets f in. broad. Leaves of the lower plane crowded, 

 lanceolate, very acute, \-\ in. long, bright green, moderately firm 

 in texture, equilateral except at the base, where they are more 

 rounded on the anterior side, slightly ciliated on both margins ; 

 leaves of the lower plane one-third as long, obtuse, ovate-lanceolate, 

 very acute, ascending, much imbricated. Spikes copious, square, 

 tetragonal, 1-1^ in. long, l-12th to l-8th in. diam. ; bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate, strongly ciliated. 



Hab. Borneo, Curtis ! A very fine plant, recently introduced 

 into cultivation by Messrs. Veitch. 



226. S, LATiFOLiA Spring Mon. ii. 168. — Lycopodium latifolium 

 Hook. & Grev. — Stems erect, 1-H ft. long, simple in the lower 

 half, deltoid and decompound in the upper half, the branching 



