103. SELAGINELLA. A'. MONOSTELICAE. b\ SUBEROSAE. 183 



suberect, ovate, subentire, hardly acute, the lateral ones somewhat larger 

 than the intermedial; leaves of the branches heteromorphous ; lateral 

 leaves approximate, ovate; of the secondaiy rachises subhorizontal, very 

 unequal-sided, to 4 mm. long, blunt, the upper side minutely denticulate 

 and very broadly abruptly rotundate-cuneate at the base, the lower side 

 entire, narrowly rounded at the base; of the ultimate branchlets to 2 mm. 

 long, subfalcate, subacute, subentire, nearly equally rounded on both 

 sides at the base; intermedial leaves ovate, shortly cuspidate, minutely 

 denticulate, rounded or rotundate-subcordate at the base. Spikes 3 — 4 

 mm. long, 1 — Vk mm. broad; sporophylla not very heteromorphous; of the 

 upper plane ascending, broadly lanceolate, hardly 1 mm. long, bluntish, 

 minutely denticulate; of the lower plane suberect, somewhat broader and 

 shorter, acuminate, keeled, minutely^- denticulate; macrospores yellow, 

 verrucose with deciduous, tuberculiform projections; microspores orange, 

 minutely verruculose. 

 Malacca; Br. India. 



(149) S. Hollruni^ii, Miefot., in Engl. 6ot. Jahrb., L, 35. 



Shoots erect or suberect from a creeping base, to 12 cm. long, 

 loosely branched from the base, the main stem compresso-terete, sub-2- 

 sulcate down the face, convex below, yellowish-green, to Va mm. thick, 

 2'/j mm. broad including the lateral leaves; lower pinnae to 5 cm. long; 

 pinnulae simple or forked, rarely sparingly pinnate; ultimate branchlets 

 IVj mm. broad. Lateral leaves ascending or spreading; of the main stem 

 remote, broadly oblique-ovate, blunt, pale-margined, the upper side minutely 

 denticulate towards the apex, rather sparingly long-ciliated in the lower 

 'A — Vs part, rounded at the base, the lower side entire or very minutely 

 denticulate, somewhat adnate and shortly auriculate-cordate at the base, 

 the largest loaves VU mm. long by IV4 mm. broad; of the branchlets 

 smaller, to 1 mm. long, less remote; intermedial leaves erect; of the 

 main stem obliquely subfalcate-ovate, subacuminate, pellucid-margined, 

 entire or sparingly minutely denticulate, rotundate-cuneate or rotundate 

 and adnate at the base, the adnate portion concave-rotundate, the largest 

 leaves 1 mm. long and 'A mm. broad. Spikes solitary and terminal on 

 the branchlets, 5 — 8 mm. long, 1 — I'A mm. broad; sporophylla of the 

 upper plane spreading, deltoid-lanceolate, subrecurved, unequal-sided, acute, 

 narrowly pellucid-margined, keeled, minutely denticulate, to 1 mm. long; 

 of the lower plane suberect, deltoid-ovate, nearly equal-sided, ciliate, 



