118 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 



Kiver, Amazon Valley, Traill 1417 ! Mount Griiayrapurina, 

 Eastern Peru, Spnicc 4054 ! 



239. S. Haenkeana Spring Mon. ii. 187. — 'S'. dimorpha Klotzsch. 

 — Stems about a foot long, erect, simple near the base, with 

 spreading leaves, deltoici and decompound in the upper three- 

 quarters, the lower pinna} 3-4-pinnate, the contiguous ascending 

 final segments \-\ in. long, l-12th to l-8th in. broad. Leaves of 

 the lower plane contiguous, ascending, oblong-lanceolate or oblique 

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

 dilated, strongly ciliated, much rounded, and imbricated over the 

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

 small, oblique obovate, with a cusp as long as the lamina. Spikes 

 shoi't, square, ^ lin. diam. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, strongly keeled. 



Hab. French Guiana, and, according to Spring, also Bolivia 

 and Chili. A near ally of 8. fiabellata. 



240. S. viTicuLosA Klotzsch in Linnrea xviii. 524. — Stems about 

 a span long, stramineous, simple in the lower part, deltoid and 

 decompound upwards, the pinnte deltoid, 2-3-pinnate, the root- 

 fibres sometimes extending to the axils of the lowest pinnas, the 

 contiguous ascending final segments ^-1 in. long, l-12th to l-8th in. 

 broad. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous, ascending, lanceolate 

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

 moderately firm in texture, broadly rounded, shortly ciliated, and 

 much imbricated over the stem on the upper side at the base ; 

 leaves of the upper plane one-third as long, oblique ovate, cuspidate. 

 Spikes square, \ lin. diam. ; bracts ovate-cuspidate, strongly 

 keeled. 



Hab. Central America and Venezuela. A near ally of S. 

 fiabellata. 



241. S. Hartwegiana Spring Mon. ii. 188. — Stems about a foot 

 long, erect, stramineous, simple in the lower half or third, with 

 adpressed leaves, deltoid and decompound upwards, the deltoid 

 pinnae 3-4-pinnate, the ascending contiguous final segments -J-l in. 

 long, l-12th to l-8th in. broad. Leaves of the lower plane con- 

 tiguous, ascending, ovate, falcate, very acute, l-12th to l-8th in. 

 long, bright green, moderately firm in texture, nearly equal-sided, 

 broadly rounded, shortly ciliated, and a little imbricated over the 

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

 third as long, broad ovate, cuspidate. Sj^ikes short, square, f lin. 

 diam. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, strongly keeled. 



Viir. 8. li'jitohU'pharis A. Br. in Crypt. Nov. Gran. 3G3. — Less 

 compound, with the leaves of the upper portion of the unbranched 

 part of the stem spreading. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada and Ecuador. 



242. S. ERYTHROPUs Spring Mon. ii. 155.—Lyc()poiUum eri/thropus 

 Mart. Icon. Crypt, tab. 20, fig. 3. — Stems about a span long, bright 

 crimson, simple in the lower half or third, deltoid and decompound 

 upwards, the lower pinna; deltoid 3-pinnate, the ascending con- 

 tiguous final branchlets ^-1 lin. long, l-12th to l-8th in. broad. 

 Leaves of the lower plane contiguous, ascending, oblong- or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, l-12th to l-8tli in. long, bright green, moderately 



