250 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 



stem, all erecto-patent, oblong-lanceolate, acute, ^ lin. long, bright 

 green, membranous, nearly equal-sided, strongly ciliated, broadly 

 rounded, and a little imbricated over the stem on the upper side at 

 the base ; leaves of the upper plane half as long, ovate, with a large 

 cusp. Spikes short, copious, resupinate, 1 lin. diam. ; bracts very 

 dimorphous, those of the upper plane ovate-lanceolate, erecto- 

 patent, bright green ; those of the lower plane pale, ascending, 

 ovate-cuspidate. 



Hab. Bombay Ghauts, Dalzell ! With S. viiniatospora. 



287. S. pelagica, n. sp. — Stems densely tufted, often forked 

 from the base, very slender, "erect, 3-4 in. long, pinnate, the 

 branches ascending, the lower copiously compound. Leaves of the 

 branchlets ascending and nearly contiguous, of the main stem 

 spaced and spreading, oblique oblong, obtuse, ^-1 lin. long, dark 

 green, membranous, unequal-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, oblong, 

 with a large cusp. Spikes short, copious, resupinate, f lin. diam. ; 

 bracts not very dimorphous, those of the upper plane oblique ovate- 

 lanceolate, erecto-patent ; of the lower plane ovate-cuspidate, 

 ascending. 



Hab. Fiji Islands, tieemann 705 ! 



288. S. GLAUCA Spring Mon. ii. 252. — Stems slender, erect, 

 \ ft. long, simple at the base, copiously pinnate above it, the 

 branches erecto-patent, the lower copiously compound. Leaves of 

 the lower plane contiguous on the branchlets, spaced on the main 

 stem, all much ascenduig, oblique ovate, acute, ^-1 lin. long, bright 

 green, rather firmer in texture than its neighbours, much dilated, 

 obscurely ciliated, broadly rounded, and much imbricated over the 

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

 as long, oblique ovate, acute. Spikes copious, short, resupinate, 

 % lin. diam. ; bracts of the upper plane ovate, acute, dark green, 

 erecto-patent ; of the lower plane more ascending, pale green, 

 orbicular, with a cusp. 



Hab. Forests of Assam, Mrs. Mack ! 



289. S. CHRYsoKmzos Spring Mon. ii. 251. — Stems densely 

 tufted, very slender, erect, 3-4 in. long, copiously pinnate, the 

 branches erecto-patent, the lower and middle ones considerably 

 compound. Leaves of the lower plane spaced even on the branchlets, 

 oblique oblong, subobtuse, rather ascending, -^ lin. long, membranous, 

 bright green, more produced on the upper side of the midrib, serrulate 

 on the upper edge, broadly rounded on the upper side at the base, 

 and imbricated over the stem : leaves of the upper plane very small, 

 ovate, cuspidate. Spikes short, copioiis, resupinate, 1 lin, diam. ; 

 bracts very dimorphous, those of the upper plane oblong-rhomboid, 

 bright green, erecto-patent ; of the lower very small, pale green, 

 ovate, with a large cusp. 



Hab. Assam, Kliasia Mountains, and Tenasserim. Doubtfully 

 distinct as a species from S. chnjsocaulus. 



290. S. cRAssiPEs Spring Mon. ii. 243. — Stems 6-9 in. long, 

 erect, pale yellow, a line diam. at base, copiously pinnate, the 



