664 ' THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Selaginella—continued. 
if the atmosphere can be kept at from 70deg. to 75deg. 
all the year round. 
There are various ways of growing Selaginellas. They 
delight in any light soil, and it should be kept open by 
Fic. 671. SELAGINELLA PERELEGANS. 
intermixing charcoal or small potsherds through it. 
Growing them in shallow pans is the best method of cul- 
tivation, as, with the exception of the plants belonging to 
the rosulat# section, they all require room to spread, and 
most of them root upon the surface of the soilonly. They 
should be kept on the shady side, or at one end of the 
house ; in any case it will be found beneficial to have them 
in such a position that there may be a certain amount of 
constant moisture about them. To that effect, they 
should be placed on a solid bed which constantly gives 
off moisture, or, if this is impracticable on account of 
the house being provided with permanent stages, 
these should be covered with sphagnum, to be kept 
wet ; and the pans should not be allowed to rest directly 
on the moss, but be set up above it upon three small pots 
or on an inverted pan, so as to avoid all direct contact 
with the saturated material. Plants so arranged will 
derive all the benefit of the surrounding moisture without 
their soil becoming sour. Although they have a particular 
dislike to standing permanently in the wet, Selaginellas 
require copious waterings at the roots, and for that 
reason it is necessary that their pots or pans shall be 
thoronghly well drained. They should not be syringed 
overhead, or only very sparingly during the hot summer 
days, as their massive thongh feathery fronds cannot 
long endure being wetted. 
To the species described on pp. 409-12, Vol. III., the 
following should be added: 
S. albospica (white-spiked). A form of S. stenophylla. 
S. Bakeriana (Baker’s).* stems trailing, 6in. to Sin. long; 
lower branches copiously compound. J. bright green ; those of 
the lower plane spaced, spreading, oblong, obtuse, j,in. long; 
leaves of the upper plane half as long, ascending, acute. 
spikes very copious, slender, square, lin. to 2in. long. Queens- 
land. Syn. S. leptostachya. Greenhouse. A pretty species. 
S. bulbifera (bulb-bearing). stems decumbent, Ry out 
copious root-fibres in the lower half; many of the lower 
branchlets excurrent and whip-like at the tip, and bearing 
bulbils, which reproduce the plant. 7. not distinctly ciliated. 
1867. Stove or greenhouse. “ Probably a form of S. radiata, 
produced by cultivation in a damp, warm atmosphere” 
(Baker). 
Selaginella—continued. 
S. caulescens gracilis (slender). stems distantly branched, 
bright green. 1880. An elegant, dwarf variety. 
S. c. minor (lesser). A synonym of S. ¢. japonica. 
S. concinna (neat). stems trailing, lft. or more in length, 
copiously pinnately branched; lower branches _ flabellately 
compound. J. of the lower plane crowded, ascending, oblong- 
lanceolate, y;in. to fin. long, glossy, rigid, much dilated at 
base; leaves of the upper plane one-third as long, much 
imbricated, with a long cusp. spikes sin. to lin. long, 
square; bracts cuspidate, strongly keeled. Mascarene Islands. 
Stove. 
S. cuspidata crispa (curled). A charming form, differing 
from the type in its crisped stems. 1288. 
S. c. Emiliana (Emilie’s).* stems, branches 6in. to Yin. long, 
abundantly produced and copiously divided, of a pleasing 
light green, erect when young, becoming darker and_hori- 
zontal. Very handsome, bushy plants of this fine variety 
can be grown in comparatively small pots. 
S. denticulata (of gardens). A synonym of S. Kraussiana. 
S Douglasii (Douglas's). stems trailing, Zin. to 6in. long, 
pinnately branched ; lower branches copiously compound. 7. of 
the lower plane pale, firm, broadly oblong, obtuse, ~,in. long, 
auricled and ciliated at base, the upper side much imbri- 
cated over the stem; leaves of the upper plane half as long, 
cuspidate. spikes sin. to lin. long; bracts cuspidate, much 
imbricated. British Columbia, &c. Greenhouse. 
S. Emiliana (Emilie’s). A form of S. cuspidata. 
S. gracilis (slender).* stems 2ft. to 3ft. long, sub-erect, pinnately 
branched, rather rough; pinne narrow-lanceolate, din. to Sin. 
long; pinnules simple, the lower ones lin. long, din. broad. 
l. bright green, ovate-falcate ; stipular ones narrow-lanceolate, 
cuspidate, parallel and close-set. spikes terminal, tetragonal, 
4in. to lin. long. South Sea Islands, 1886. An elegant, stove 
species, 
S._ Griffithii (Griffith’s). stems erect, 6in. to 12in. long, 
simple below, deltoid and decompound upwards; lower 
pinne tripinnate; final branchlets jin. to 4in. long. Jl. of 
the lower plane ascending, oblong-rhomboid, jin. to {in. 
long, dilated, serrulated, and imbricated ; leaves of the upper 
lane minute, with a large cusp. spikes square, din. to 4in. 
long; bracts cuspidate, strongly keeled. Tropical Asia, 1860. 
Stove. 
S. leptostachya (slender-spiked). A synonym of S. Bakeriana. 
S. longissima (longest). stems 2ft. or more in length; 
branches deltoid, 6in. to Yin. long, with ascending simple 
upper and_ slightly compound lower branchlets; ultimate 
divisions 2in. to 2sin. long. 2. of the lower plane close, 
oblique, ovate-oblong, acute, fin. long, the upper side strongly 
ciliated at base; leaves of the upper plane one-third as long, 
nearly erect, obscurely cuspidate. spikes terminal on the 
branchlets, square, lin. to 2in. long; bracts erecto-patent, 
strongly keeled. Colombia, &c., 1881. Stove. 
Fic. 672. SELAGINELLA TASSELLATA. 
S. Mettenii (Mettenius’). stems slender, wide-trailing, distantly 
pinnate; branches short, flabellately compound. J. of the lower 
plane nearly contiguous on the branches, the upper ascending, 
the lower spreading, obtuse, din. long, bright green, not imbri- 
cated over the stem; leaves of the uppa plane one-third as 
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