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firm ill texture, unequal-sided, broadly rounded, strongly ciliated, 

 and imbricated over the stem on the upper side at the base; leaves 

 of the upper plane half as long, oblique ovate, cuspidate. Spikes 

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



Var. major Spring. — More compound, the unbranched part of 

 the stem longer, and all its leaves adpressed. 



Hab. Tropical America, from the West Indies and Guatemala 

 to Chili and Central Brazil. S. setosa Hort. is a starved small 

 form of this species. 



243. S. H^MATODEs Spring Mon. ii. 156. — S. Jilicina Spring 

 Mou. ii. 189. — Lycopodium luEmatodes Kunze Farn. t. 80. — Stems 

 1-2 ft. long, bright crimson, unbranched in the lower half, with 

 its leaves much spaced and adpressed, deltoid and decompound in 

 the upper half, the deltoid pinnae 3-4-pinnate, the contiguous 

 erecto-patent ultimate divisions J-l in. long, ^-^ in. broad. Leaves 

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

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

 dilated on the upper side at the base, not ciliated, broadly rounded, 

 and a little imbricated over the stem ; leaves of the upper plane 

 minute, oblique oblong, with a large cusp. Spikes square, reaching 

 1-1^ in. long, \-^i in. diam. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate. 



Hab. Andes of Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru. One of the 

 handsomest of all the known species. Frequent in cultivation. 



244. S. AMAZONicA Spring Mon. ii. 17G. — S. amazonum Spring 

 in Mart. Fl. Bras. i. 124, t. 6. — Stems 2 ft. or more long, stra- 

 mineous, erect, simple in the lower half, with adpressed leaves, 

 deltoid and decompound in the upper half, with long closely 

 regularly pinnate piiinte, with contiguous erecto-patent simple or 

 slightly compound pinnules, the ultimate divisions reaching 1-2 in. 

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

 patent, lanceolate- or oblong-rhomboid, subacute, l-12th to l-6th in. 

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

 rounded on the upper side at the base and a little imbricated over 

 the stem, cuiieatc-truncate on the lower ; leaves of the upper plane 

 one-third as long, oblique ovate, acute. Spikes square, ^-1 in. 

 long, 1 lin. diam ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, strongly keeled. 



Hab. Amazon Valley, Martius, Spruce 2053 ! 2358 ! 



245. S. oAXACANA Spring Mon. ii. 177. — Stems 1^-2 ft. long, 

 erect, stramineous, simple in the lower half, with adpressed leaves, 

 deltoid and docompound in the upper half, the leaves of the main 

 stem ovate-oblong, obtuse, very ascending, the pinnae elongated, 

 closely 3-4-piiinate, the contiguous erecto-patent final divisions 

 ^~1^ in. long, |-^ in. broad. Leaves of the lower plane sub- 

 contiguous, erecto-patent, lanceolate-rhomboid, subacute, l-12th to 

 l-6tli in. long, dark green, moderately firm in texture, dilated, 

 broadly rounded, not ciliated, imbricated over the stem on the 

 upper side at the base ; leaves of the upper plane one-third as long, 

 oblong, shortly cuspidate. Spikes short, square, ^ lin. diam. ; 

 bracts ovate-cuspidate, strongly keeled. 



Hab. Mexico, in the Province of Oaxaca, Galeotti 6808 bis 

 Chiapas, Gheishrecht G02 ! A near ally of <S'. /labellata. 



