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midway between flabellate and pinnate, the final branclilets 

 reaching a length of 3-4 in., ^-^^ in. broad. Leaves of tlie lower 

 plane contiguous, oblong-rhomboid, ascending, falcate, subacute at 

 the upper corner, l-6th to l-5th in. long, dark green, moderately 

 firm in texture, very unequal-sided, broadly rounded, not ciliated, 

 and hardly at all imbricated over the stem on the upper side at the 

 base ; leaves of the upper plane one-third as long, broad-ovate, with 

 a large cusp. Spikes square, ^-1 in. long, l-12th to l-8th in. diam. ; 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate, strongly keeled. 



Hab. Ceylon, New Guinea, Samoa, Fiji. 



227. S. FLABELLATA Spring Mon. ii. 174. — S. suhsplendens Presl. 

 — 8. undulata Liebm. — Lycopodium flahellatum Linn. — L. penni- 



forme Lam. — L. f/racile and micyostachi/um Desv. — Stems 1-2 ft. 

 leng, erect, simple in the lower half, deltoid and decompound in 

 the upper half, the pinnte deltoid, the lower 3-4-pinnate, the con- 

 tiguous final branclilets ^-1 in. long, ^-^ in. broad. Leaves of the 

 lower plane contiguous, oblique ovate, acute, ascending, bright 

 green, moderately firm in texture, abliquely inserted, much dilated, 

 broadly rounded, ciliated, and much imbricated over the stem on 

 the upper side at the base ; leaves of the upper plane one-quarter 

 to one-third as long, oblique ovate, cuspidate. Spikes square, 

 ^-1 in. long, f-j lin. diam. ; bracts ovate-cuspidate, strongly keeled. 

 Hab. Universal in the tropical and subtropical regions of 

 America, Asia, and Polynesia. 



228. S. FiRMULA A. Br. ; Kuhn Fil. Nov. Hebrid. 17. — Stems 

 above a foot long, stiffly erect, simple in the lower half, with 

 distant adpressed leaves, deltoid and decompound in the upper 

 half, the pmnae ascending, deltoid, the lower 3-4-pinnate, the final 

 branclilets contiguous. ^-^ in. long, 1 lin. broad. Leaves of the 

 lower plane crowded on the branclilets, ascending, oblique ovate, 

 l-12th to l-8tli in. long, dark green, rather firm in texture, 

 produced, broadly rounded and strongly ciliated on the upper side 

 at the base, and imbricated over the stem ; leaves of the upper 

 plane half as long, oblique ovate, cuspidate. Spikes very copiaus, 

 ^-1 in. long, f lin. diam., square; bracts noarly uniform, erecto- 

 patent, ovate-lanceolate, strongly keeled, the sporangia confined to 

 the axils of those of the lower plane, which are consequently more 

 ventricose at the base. 



Hab. Aneiteum, }[ilne ! J. G. Veitch ! Ovalau and Augau, 

 Fiji, Milne 345 ! Habit entirely of S. flabeUata. 



229. S. hordeiformis, n. sp. — Stems 2 ft. long, erect, simple 

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

 lower piling deltoid and 3-4-pinnate, the contiguous final branch- 

 lets ^-| ill. long, under \ in. broad. Leaves of the lower plane 

 contiguous, sj)reading, oblong- or ovate-rhomboid, pointed at the 

 upper corner, i-^ in, long, bright green, firm in texture, obliquely 

 inserted, broadly rounded, serrulate, but little imbricated over the 

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

 oblong, with a cusp as long as the lamina. Spikes copious, square, 

 \-h in, long, ^ in, diam. ; bracts ovate, narrowed into a very large 

 awn-like cusp. 



Hab, Fiji Islands, Maeleay ! 



