252 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 



294. S. TENEEA Spring Mon. ii. 241. — Lycopodium. teneriim 

 Hook. & Grev. — Stems ^-1 ft. long, erect from the base or 

 decumbent in the lower part, not so stout as in suherosa, copiously 

 pinnate, the flaccid erecto-patent branches copiously compound. 

 Leaves of the lower plane ascending and nearly contiguous on 

 the branchlets, much spaced and spreading or rather squarrose 

 on the main stem, oblong-rhomboid, subacute, l-12th to l-8th in. 

 long, bright green, very membranous in texture, unequal-sided, 

 much dilated, broadly rounded, serrulate, and a little imbricated 

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

 plane very small, lanceolate-cuspidate. Spikes short, resupinate, 

 1 lin. diam ; bracts of the upper plane lanceolate-rhomboid or the 

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

 cuspidate. 



Hab. Mountains of Peninsular India and Ceylon. L. Macnei 

 and calustacJu/un of Hooker & Greville, the latter cited by Spring 

 under S. ciliarls, both seem to be small forms of this species, and 

 I cannot distinguish from it by any definite character S. debile 

 Spring Mon. ii. 122 (Lycopodium debile Bory in Belang. Voy. ii. 8, 

 tab. 1, fig. 1), from Java and the Malay Peninsula, and S. aristata 

 Spring Mon. ii. 245, from the Philippines, Cuming 1996 ! 



295. S. MyosuEOiDES Spring Mon. ii. 236. — Lycopodium, myosu- 

 roides Kaulf. — Stems ascending, a span long, copiously pinnate, 

 the lower branches copiously compound. Leaves of the lower plane 

 spaced, oblong-lanceolate, acute, ^ in. long, light green, mem- 

 branous, nearly equal-sided, ciliated on the upper side at the 

 base ; leaves of the upper plane very small, cuspidate. Spikes 

 resupinate, ^ in. long ; bracts of the upper plane subimbricated, 

 erecto-patent, oblique lanceolate ; of the lower plane ascendmg, 

 ovate-cuspidate. 



Hab. Manilla, Philippine Islands, Cliamisso. Habit like that 

 of S. Menziesii. 



296. S. suBERosA Spring Mon. ii. 252. — Stems densely tufted, 

 suberect, often above a foot long, pale shining brown, ^ in. diam. 

 at the base, copiously pinnate, the branches erecto-patent and 

 decompound, the root-fibres sometimes extending half-way i;p it. 

 Leaves of the lower plane spaced and erecto-patent on the branches, 

 very distant and spreading on the main stem, oblique lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, bright green, membranous, unequal-sided, 

 much produced, broadly rounded, shortly ciliated, and a little 

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

 the upper plane half as long, pbloug, with a large cusp. Spikes 

 copious, J-f in. long, -^-^ in. diam., resupinate ; bracts of the 

 upper plane lanceolate, erecto-patent; of the lower plane ascending, 

 ovate, with a large cusp. 



Hab. Khasia Mountains, Sikkim, Assam, Malay Peninsula. 



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