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A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELl.A. 

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

 y (Concludcil from p. 252). 



/ 297. S. perpusilla, n. sp, — Stems suberect, very slender, 

 under an inch long, sparingly pinnate, the upper branches simple, 

 the lower sometimes forked. Leaves of the lower plane erecto- 

 patent and contiguous on the branchlets, spaced and spreading on 

 the main stem, oblique oblong, acute, \ lin. long, bright green, 

 membranous, rather unequal-sided, broadly rounded, serrulate, and 

 slightly imbricated over the stem on the upper side at the base ; 

 leaves of the upper plane half as long, ovate-cuspidate. Spikes very 

 short, resupinate, ^-^ in. diam. ; bracts of the upper plane lanceo- 

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

 ovate-cuspidate. 



Hab. Nyika country, East Tropical Africa, Rev. T. Wahcficld ! 



298. S. TENERRiMA A. Br. in Kuhn Fil. Afric. 193. — Stems very 

 slender, suberect, flexuose, l|-2 in. long, sometimes forked at the 

 base, copiously pinnate, the lower branches considerably compound. 

 Leaves of the lower plane spaced even on the branchlets, the upper 

 erecto-patent, the lower patent, oblong-lanceolate, acute, h lin. 

 long, pale green, membranous, rather unequal-sided, denticulate 

 and slightly rounded on the upper side at the base, hardly at all 

 imbricated over the stem ; leaves of the upper plane half as long, 

 oblong, with a large cusp. Spikes very short, resupinate, ^ in. 

 diam. ; bracts of the upper plane lanceolate, rather squarrose ; of 

 the lower plane pale, ascending, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. 



Hab. Golungo Alto Angola, in woods by the side of streams, 

 Welwitsch 45 ! 



299. S. suBCORDATA A. Br. in Kuhn Fil. Afric. 193. — Stems 

 very slender, suberect, sometimes forked at the base, 1^-2 in. long, 

 copiously pinnate, the lower branches with several short patent 

 branchlets. Leaves of the lower plane crowded on the branchlets, 

 spaced and patent on the main stem, oblique ovate, acute, ^ lin. 

 long, membranous but rather rigid, shortly ciliated on the upper 

 margin, very cordate, and much imbricated over the stem on the 

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

 ovate-cuspidate. Spikes not seen. 



Hab. Sierra Leone, on shaded rocks in the woods at Freetown, 

 Welwitsch 3 ! 



300. S. uNiLATERALis Spring Men. ii. 254. — Stems 3-6 in. long, 

 erect from a decumbent base, closely pinnate, the lower branches 

 scarcely an inch long, but considerably compound. Leaves 

 of the lower plane very crowded, ovate-oblong, acute, above a line 

 long, rigid, pellucid, bright green, slightly falcate, conspicuously 

 ciliated on the upper edge ; those of the upper plane very small, 

 suborbicular, cuspidate. Spikes ^-^ in. long, resupinate ; bracts of 

 the upper plane ovate-oblong, subobtuse ; of the lower plane ovate 

 or suborbicular, cuspidate. 



Hab. Madagascar, Jlcniur. 



