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142 ON THE SELAGINELLAS CULTIVATED IN 
were. There are also a few recently introduced species added to our 
lists since Professor Braun's " Kevisio " was published, and the con- 
fusion is thus growing worse and worse every year. 
To give an idea of the confusion of names, and the mistakes it leads 
to, the following may be stated: — In nurserymen's catalogues we see 
the same species under two names at different prices, and even marked 
at one place as a stove, and another as a greenhouse plant. Then, 
again, the varieties of that ever- 
large number of species figuring in nursery catalogues under different 
names and at different prices. Then, lastly, we find the same species 
doing duty under two names at exhibitions in collections of limited 
extent sent in to compete for prizes. 
In attempting to name the Selaginellas in the Botanic Garden, I 
have had to examine a great many specimens from other collections. 
I am indebted to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew, 
for a set of the specimens cultivated in that establishment. Ihe 
Hookerian Herbarium at Kew has also been consulted, and a set of 
dried garden Selaginellas from Professor Braun in the Kew Herbarium, 
has afforded the means of identifying the species mentioned in his " Ke- 
visio Selaginellarum Hortensium." Lastly, Messrs. Veitch and Sons, 
Chelsea, and Messrs. T. Jackson and Son, Kingston, have supplied me 
most liberally with any specimens I wanted from their establishments. 
The arrangement followed is that of Professor Braun. All the spe- 
cies mentioned by him are inserted, although some of them are not, a 
far as I know, in cultivation in this country. 
I. Homotrop^e, A. Br. (Homophyllte, Spr.) 
Leaves all of the same shape (homomorphom) spreading in all directions. 
A. Polystichje. — Leaves in many rows. 
(a) Cylhidrostachyre. — Bracts in many rows. 
1. Selaginella spinulosa, A. Br. {Lycopodium selaginoides, Linn.) 
It is a native of Europe and North America. Found wild 
in Britain, and often cultivated. 
- Such reprehensible practices are unfortunately not confined to Selagi *» 
but pervade the garden nomenclature of every set of cultivated plants. . 
minent attention was called to the evil at the International Congress w ^ 
met in London last year, but no practical remedy has yet been adopted 
it.— Ed. 
