12. SELAGINELLACE.E. [1. Selaginella 



as long as ventral, but described by Baker as one-fourth to one-third as long only. 

 The female capsules are sessile tetrahedral with 4 large macrospores. 



7. S. pentagona, Spring. 



Stems at first erect, simple and with sparse leaves below, elongate 

 and sometimes falling over and rooting at the end, unequally penta- 

 gonously striate, pinnately branched and lower pinnse decompound 

 deltoid, final branchlets contiguous inclined forward -25-1" long. 

 Lower cauline leaves rigid, remote decurrent and sub-2-auricled, 

 those on main branches contiguous, ascending, ovate-lanceolate 

 oblique or somewhat falcate, acute, -08- -12" long, not or obscurely 

 ciliate, broadly rounded and much imbricate over the stem at the base ; 

 dorsal leaves one-fifth to one-third as long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 contiguous. Flowers 4-angled, short, with ovate-lanceolate strongly 

 keeled sporophylls. 



Parasnath, fide Baker. 



The fronds are much more elongate than in cuitlescens and more or less narrowly 

 lanceolate in outline. 



8. S. bryopteris, Baker. Syn. S. tamariscina. Spring ; Lycopodium 



bryopteris, L. ; L. circinale, L., 4* Herb. Ham. 



Erect or suberect with well developed scaly stems, whole plant 

 6-12", stem often half to two-thirds as long. Frond deltoid or de- 

 compound, deep green above, pale or silvery beneath, readily curling 

 up on dry or hot days. Primary and secondary branching pinnate, 

 ultimate divisions betAveen pinnate and flabellate. Larger leaves 

 much imbricate, ascending, ovate, cuspidate, 04- -06" long or attain- 

 ing • I" on the stem (including the cusp), upper leaves nearly as long, 

 oblique ovate with fine arista or cusp often as long as the blade. 

 Spikes or fls. short square, -04" diam. with ovate cuspidately acumi- 

 nate strongly keeled bracts or sporophylls. 



Bihar, Ham. ! Dry forests, Singbhum ! Kaimur Hills, Levinge ! Fl. c.s. 



A distinct easily recognizable species. 



9. S. fulcrata. Spring. 



Erect or suberect, 8-15" high, primarily monopodially branched, 

 with the main branches opposite or subopposite and main stem simple 

 below with very distant appressed leaves, j^ounger branches sub- 

 dichotomous with wavj' pubescent rhachis. Ventral leaves oblong 

 •08" long, subobtuse, often revolute at both margins nearly equal- 

 sided ; dorsal leaves dimidiate-oblong, the inner margin being straight 

 and contiguous to that of the opposite roAv, -03- -04" long. Flower 

 •2" long, 4-angled, sporophylls -05" long, and slightly concave orbi- 

 cular ; sporocarps 02- -03" long, broad, transversely oblong slightly 

 reniform with a minute attachment point in sinus, nearly as long as 

 the short sporophylls. 



Sameshwar Hills ! and Bettiah forests, Champaran ! Fl. Dec. 



A very pretty and distinct species. The rhachis is sometimes only pubescent 

 at the bases of the leaves. Final branchlets •25-"5" long only on a somewhat 

 zigzag rhachis. Dorsal leaves neither acute nor cuspidate. 



10. S. proniflora, Bak. Syn. Lycopodium imbricatum, Roxb. 



Very slender decumbent and rooting at intervals, 2-4" long, often 



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