262 SELAGINELLACE^ (Carruthers). [Stachygynandrum 



SELAGINELLACEiE. 

 1. STACHYGYNANDRUMPal.-Beauv.^theog. p. 105(1805). 

 Selaginelhx sp. Auct. 



1. S. WelwitscMi. 



Selaginella WelwitscMi Baker, Fern Allies, p. 39 (1887). 

 PuNGO Andongo. — On the sunny, gneissose rocks on the tops of the 

 mountains of Pungo Andongo — Pedra Cazella ; Oct. 1856. No. 43. 



2. S. depressum. 



Selaginella cUpressa A. Br. in Ind. Sem. H. Berol. 1859, p. 21. 



Var. y8, minus A. Br. in Kuhn, Fil. Afr. p. 211 (1868) (minor). 



PuxGO Ano()N(;o. — Frequent in hollows and by the shaded sides of 

 the rivulets (very rare on sun-exposed rocks) to the west of Pedra de 

 Cazella ; Dec. 1856. No. 44. 



3. S. versicolor. 



Selaginella versicolor' Spring, Lycopodiac. ii. p. 124 (1848). 



Pungo Andongo. — In hollows on the mountains of Serra de Pedras 

 de Guinga ; Jan. 1857. No. 41. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Somewhat rare at the cataracts of the lower 

 rivulets of Capopa ; Jan. 1856. No. 42. 



4. S. scandens Pal.-Beauv. ^theog. p. 106 (1805). 



Sierra Leone. — On humid ground in shaded places on the mountains 

 above Freetown ; Sept. 1853. No. 2. 



Congo. — In the humid woods on the banks of the Zaire or Congo. 

 No. 27. 



5. S. tenerrimum. 



Selaginella tenerrima A. Br. in Kuhn, Fil. Afr. p. 193 (1868). 

 Golungo Alto. — Very rare on the mountains at 2400 ft. in Serra do 

 Alto Queta, beside streams ; at the end of April 1856. No. 45. 



6. S. subcordatum. 



Selaginella subcordata A. Br. in Kuhn, Fil. Afr. p. 193 (1868). 

 Sierra Leone. — Among mosses on shaded rocks on the mountains 

 above Freetown ; Sept. 1853. No. 3. 



7. S. rubricaule. 



Selaginella rubncaulis A. Br. in McNab, Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. 

 ix. p. 11 (1867). 



Var. /3. angolense A. Br. in Kuhn, Fil. Afr. p. 212 (1868) 

 (angolensis). 



Prince's Island. — In very shaded woods on Mount Pico de Papagaio, 

 2500 to 2300 ft. Sept. 1853. No. 11. 



GoLUNGO Alto.— On the banks of rivulets in the woods of Alia 

 Queta near Cazengue ; in fr. July 1856. No. 40. Not infrequent 

 among mosses in densely shaded places on the banks of Rio de Capopa ; 

 in fr. Nov. 1855. No. 47. 



2. SELAGINELLA Pal.-Beauv. JEtheog. p. 101 (1805). 

 S. rupestris Spring, in Mart. Fl. Brasil. I. ii. p. 118 (1840). 

 Var. /8. incarva, forma angolensis A. Br. in Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 

 p. 213 (1868). 



