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is very common under the garden name of S. Africana. A 
native of the island of Nosi Beh, near Madagascar. It is 
apparently confounded with the next species S. Vogelii, 
from Fernando Po. I have a specimen from Mr. Smith, 
West 
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32. Selaginella Vogelii, Spr. This species is cultivated in the 
Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, as " Selaginella sp., Old Ca- 
labar, Dr. He wan." It closely resembles the preceding 
species. The Selaginella triangularis, Hort. ISdin., is appa- 
rently this species. It is probable that this species was 
received at Kevv from Mr. Mann, when collecting at Fer- 
nando Po, and been cultivated as the S. Africana. The 
country, " West Africa," marked on the label, gives this 
additional weight. S. Vogelii is a very pubescent species. 
33. Selaginella pubescent*, Spr. This is a well-known species, 
long cultivated as the S. Willdenovii. It is a native of the 
East Indies. I possess a specimen from Kevv Gardens, 
marked S. Pogellii. This is probably a mistake for S. Vo- 
gelii, and might be due to an accidental change of the 
label of the plant growing in the garden. 
«. Rosflat^. — Surculi arranged in a spiral manner around a central 
axis, generally rolling in when dry. 
34. Selaginella cuspidata, Link. (S. cord if olio, Avilce, palnsiana, 
Hort.) A very pretty species, from Mexico, Guatemala, and 
Columbia, common in gardens. There are two well-marked 
forms of it, the true cuspidata, and a large form, var. B, 
elongata, Spr. 
Hort. Edin. 
lifolia 
35. Selaginella convoluta (Walker-Arnott), Spr. (S. paradoxa, 
Hort.) A small species, common ill gardens. It is a na- 
tive of Brazil, Guiana, and Columbia. 
36. Selaginella involvens, Spr. This is for the first time recorded 
as cultivated in this country. It was introduced from 
Japan by J. Gould Veitch, Esq. This is the true S. in- 
volvens of Spring, and must not be confounded with the 
S. involvens, Hort., which is theS. Japonica of Moore, Hort. 
