v^*. 



154 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 



latis : inflorcscentia brevissime paniculata, tricliotoma axillari ; 

 floribus \" baud superantibus, petalis minimis orbiculatis ; drupis 

 ^" riibris, turbinatis medio parce constrictis. 



Apud flumen Larut juxta originem in ditione Perak Peninsulas 

 MalayauaB. 



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A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 

 By J. G. Baker, F.E.S., &c. 



(Continued from ]}. 122.) 



Subgenus IV. — Heterostachys. 

 Group I. — Bisulcat^. 



253. S. Burbidgei, n. sp. — Stems slender, trailing, stra- 

 mineous, intermatted, angled on tbe face, copiously pinnate, tbe 

 distant erecto-patent branches sparingly compound. Leaves of the 

 lower plane spaced even on the branches, rather ascending on the 

 branches, spreading on the main stem, broad cordate-ovate, sub- 

 acute, bright green, rather firm in texture, f-1 lin. long, cordate, 

 strongly cihated, and much imbricated over the stem on the upper 

 side at the base ; leaves of the upper plane half as long, cordate- 

 ovate, with a short cusp. Spikes resupinate, J-i in. long, 1 lin. 

 diam. ; bracts of the upper plane nearly patent, oblique lanceolate, 

 acute ; those of the lower plane very difi'erent, ovate-lanceolate, 

 with a long cusp, ascending, strongly keeled, and strongly ciliated. 



Hab. Landakan, Borneo, Burbidge ! A very well-marked 

 species. 

 G 254. S. Beccariana, n. sp. — Stems slender, trailing, ift. long, 

 forked and copiously pinnate, rounded on the back, sulcate upwards 

 on the face. Leaves of the lower plane spaced on the main stem, 

 rather ascending, oblique ovate, acute, i-^ in. long, dark green, 

 moderately firm in texture, much more produced on the upper side 

 of the midrib, broadly rounded, shortly ciliated, and a little imbri- 

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

 upper plane very small, ovate or ovate -lanceolate, acute. Spikes 

 resupinate, \-^ in. long, 1 lin. diam. ; bracts of the upper plane 

 crowded, ovate-navicular, dark green, erecto-patent ; of the lower 

 plane smaller, ascending, broad ovate-cuspidate, strongly keeled. 



Hab. Mt. Singalan, West Sumatra, 5000-6000 ft., Beccaril 

 Habit and branching of the small forms of radlcata. 



255. S. BisuLGATA Spring Mon. ii. 259. — Stems slender, trailing, 

 except towards the tip, a foot long, flat or bisulcate down the face, 

 copiously pinnate, the branches short, deltoid and flabellately com- 

 poimd. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous on the branchlets, 

 spaced on the main stem, spreading, the lower slightly squarrose, 

 oblong-rhomboid, subacute, ^-^ in. long, bright green, moderately 

 firm in texture, rounclrd and slightly ciliated on the upper side at 

 the base, hardly at all imbricated over the stem ; leaves of the 

 upper plane half as long, obovate or oblong, with a large cusp. 



