48 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 



230. S. nitens, n. sp. — Stems about a foot long, simple in the 

 lower half, the leaves of its upper part spreading, deltoid and 

 decompound in the upper half, the close pinnfe deltoid, the lower 

 3-4-pinnate, the erecto-patent contiguous final divisions ^-^ in. 

 long, 1 in. broad. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous and 

 ascending on the branchlets, spreading on the rachis and pinnae, 

 deflexed and spaced on the main stem, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 bright dark green, moderately firm in texture, ^-J in. long, rather 

 dilated, serrulate, and a little imbricated over the stem on the 

 upper side at the base ; leaves of the upper plane small, oblique 

 obovate, with a large cusp, Spilies short, terminal, square, | line 

 diam. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. 



Hab. Fernando Po, Ma?(« ! Cameroon Mountains, Kalbreyerl 

 A near ally of S. /label lata. 



231. S. FEUTicuLosA Spring in Bot. Zeit. 1838, 202. — S. tereti- 

 caulifi,7iie)nbranacea, deliquescens, falcata, and cataijJiracta Spring Mon. 

 ii. 158-182. — Lycopopium fruticulosum Bory. — L. membranaceum, 

 falcatioii, and tercticaulon Desv. — Stems 1-2 ft. long, erect, simple 

 in the lower half or third with a few distant adpressed deciduous 

 leaves, deltoid and decompound upwards, the branching midway 

 between pinnate and flabellate, the lower pinnge often petioled, the 

 erecto-patent final divisions i-1 in. long, ^-\ in. broad. Leaves of 

 the lower plane contiguous, rather ascending, oblong-lanceolate, 

 falcate, acute, bright green, firm in texture, ^-^ in. long, rather 

 unequal-sided, rounded, shortly ciliated, and a little imbricated 

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

 plane minute, oblique ovate, cuspidate. Spikes short, square, 

 ^ lin. diam. ; bracts ovate-cuspidate, strongly keeled. 



Hab. Mountains of Mauritius, Bourbon, and Madagascar. I 

 have failed to draw any clear line between Spring's five species 

 above cited. 



232. S. VoGELii Spring Mon. ii. 169 ; Hook. 2 Cent. t. 86.— 

 8. Pervillei Spring. — *S'. africana and euhlepharis A. Br. — Stems 

 1-2 ft. long, erect, simple in the lower half, often pink-tinted, with 

 a few distant small adpressed leaves, deltoid and decompound in 

 the upper half, the lower pinnas deltoid, petioled, 3-4-pinnate, the 

 contiguous erecto-patent final divisions J-f in. long, | in. broad. 

 Leaves of the lower plane spaced even on the branchlets, lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, ascending, acute, l-12th to l-6th in. long, 

 bright green, both edges liable to be revolute, truncate at the base, 

 inserted on the side of the stem, not at all imbricated over the 

 pubescent branches ; leaves of the upper plane minute, oblique 

 ovate, with a large cusp. Spikes square, ^-h in. long, ^ lin. diam.; 

 bracts ovate-cuspidate, strongly keeled. 



Hab. Guinea Coast, Cameroon Mountains, Zanzibar, Mada- 

 gascar. A near ally of the Himalayan S. fulcrata. Well known in 

 cultivation. 



(To be continued.) 



