168 103. SELAGINELLA. A\ MONOSTELICAE. h\ INTERTEXTAE. 



denticulate towards the apex, the upper side broadly rounded, denticulate 

 towards the rotundate-cuneate base, the lower side slightly rounded, 

 adnata at the base; of the ultimate branchlets similar, smaller, 1 — I'A 

 mm. long; intermedial leaves erect, ovate, acuminate, obliquely cuneate 

 or rotundate-cuneate at the base, with the outer base slightly produced; 

 of the main rachis remote, 1 — VU mm. long, more or less denticulate on 

 the inner side; of the branchlets similar but smaller. Spikes solitary, 

 lanceolate, to 7 'A mm. long, TA — 2 mm. broad near the base, narrowed 

 towards the apex; sporophylla of the upper plane lanceolate, acute or 

 acuminate, keeled, denticulate on the upper side, the lower suberecto- 

 patent, to 1 'A mm. long, the higher suberect, smaller, imbricate ; of the 

 lower plane suberect, imbricate, ovate, acuminate, keeled, piloso-den- 

 ticulate; macrospores whitish with yellow contents, pulverate, soon smooth; 



microspores 



Karimata Islands. 



(128) S. liOrlal, JBieron., in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., L, 27. 



Small plants. Shoots creeping, the loose branching between dicho- 

 tomous and pinnate, the upper branches simple or forked, to 1 cm. long; 

 main rachis 2' 2 mm. broad including the lateral leaves; ultimate branch- 

 lets I'A — 2 mm. broad. Leaves heteromorphous ; lateral leaves horizontal 

 or nearly so, narrowly pellucid-margined, remote ; of the main rachis the 

 largest, oblique-ovate, blunt or bluntish, the upper side subentire or 

 indistinctly denticulate in the upper part, sparingly and veiy minutely 

 denticulate in the lower part, rounded or rotundate-truncate at the base, 

 the lower side subentire or indistinctly denticulate, narrowly rotundate- 

 truncate at the base, the largest leaves IV2 mm. long by 'A mm. broad; 

 of the branches growing gradually smaller; intermedial leaves erect; of 

 the main rachis the largest, obliquely subfalcate-ovate, slightly acuminate, 

 the sides very narrowly pellucid-margined, indistinctly or sparingly and 

 very minutely denticulate, the ■ base obliquely rounded, or rotundate- 

 cuneate on the inner side, the largest leaves I'A mm. long. Spikes 

 solitary, 2—3 mm. long by 2 mm. broad; sporophylla of the upper 

 plane unequal-sided, obliquely oblong-ovate, keeled, the upper side the 

 broadest, sparingly minutely denticulate and narrowly pellucid-margined, 

 the lower side narrower, much shorter, the largest sporophylla I'A mm. 

 long, under % mm; broad ; sporophylla of the lower plane deltoid-ovate, 

 subcucullate, acute, indistinctly keeled, sparingly minutely denticulate, 



