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A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SKLAGINELLA. 



By J. 0. Baker, F.E.S., &c. 



(Continued from p. 180.) 



278. S. puMiLio Spring Mon. ii. 241. — Lycopodium pumilio E.Br. 

 — Stems very slender, erect, nearly simple, under an inch long, 

 with root-fibres confined to the base. Leaves of the lower plane 

 spaced, ovate, acute, denticulate, J lin. long, membranous, nearly 

 equal-sided ; leaves of the upper plane one-third as long, ovate, 

 acute. Spikes very short, resupinate ; bracts dimorphous, those of 

 the upper plane ovate, acute, erecto-patent ; of the lower plane 

 ovate- cuspidate, ascending. 



Hab. Endeavour Eiver, Australia, Sir J. BanlcH ! 



279. S. MiNUTiFOLiA Spring Mon. ii. 239. — Stems densely tufted, 

 very slender, erect, pale straw-coloured, 2-3 in. long, copiously 

 pinnate, the branches erecto-patent, the lower slightly compound. 

 Leaves of the lower plane very distant, erecto-patent, ovate, acute, 

 \ iln. long, membranous, serrulate, broadly rounded on the upper side 

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

 also spaced, one-third as long, ovate, acute. Spikes copious, very 

 small, under a line in diameter, resupinate ; bracts of the upper 

 plane oblong-lanceolate, bright green, erecto-patent, crowded rather 

 squarrose ; of the lower plane ascending, ovate-cuspidate, pale. 



Hab. Woods of Tenasserim, at Mergui and Moulmeiu, Grijfithl 

 Heifer ! Boulger ! One of the smallest species of the genus. 



280. S. ZoLLiNGERiANA Spring in PI. Junghuhn, 278. — Stems 

 very slender, erect, 1-H in. long, pinnate, the branches erecto- 

 patent, the lower slightly compound. Leaves of the lower plane 

 very distant, lanceolate, acute, ^ lin. long, pale green, membranous, 

 nearly equal-sided, minutely denticulate ; leaves of the upper plane 

 one-third smaller, ovate-lanceolate. Spikes resupinate, ^-i- in. long; 

 bracts of the upper plane erecto-patent, ovate-lanceolate, unequal- 

 sided ; of the lower plane one-third shorter, more ascending, ovate- 

 cuspidate. 



Hab. Java, Zollinger 2226 ! Celebes, Zollinger 3313 ! 



281. S. Hornei, n. sp. — Stems about an inch long, very 

 slender, erect, 2-3 times dichotomously forked. Leaves of the 

 lower plane spaced, rather ascending, oblique oblong, obtuse, nearly 

 a line long, bright green, membranous, nearly equal-sided, broadly 

 rounded, shortly ciliated, and slightly imbricated over the stem on 

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

 long, ovate, acute. Spikes very short, resupinate, 1 lin. diam. ; 

 bracts of the upper plane ovate-lanceolate, erecto-patent ; of the 

 lower plane shorter, ovate, acute, ascending, pale. 



Hab. Fiji Islands, Horne ! 



282. S. NANA Spring Mon. ii. 240. — Stems very slender, erect 

 from a creeping base, 2 in. long, the upper branches simple and 

 erecto-patent, the lower spreading and slightly compound. Leaves 

 of the lower plane rigid in texture, subcontiguous, ovate-oblong, 



