103. SELAGINELLA. A'. PLEIOSTELIOAE. 205 



morphous; lateral leaves horizontal or deflexed on the stem, ascending 

 on the branchlets; of the stem oblong, subacute, obliquely rotundate- 

 ti-uncato at the base, the upper edge minutely denticulate towards the 

 apex and the base; of the branches slightly unequal-sided, subfalcate- 

 oblong, to 3 mm. long and V2 as broad, broadest on the upper side, 

 obscurely denticulate towards the mucronulate-acuminate apex, the upper 

 side minutely denticulate at least at the rotundate-cuneate base, the 

 lower side entire, narrowly cuneate or truncate-cuneate at the base; 

 intermedial leaves 'A — Vs as long; of the stem obovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 entire, obliquely 2-auriculate-cordate at the base ; of the branchlets cuneate 

 at the inner base, rotundate-adnate or decurrent at the outer base, aristate- 

 acuminate, with the arista V2 as long as the blade. Spikes 8 — 15 mm. 

 long; sporophylla ovate-lanceolate, denticulate. 

 Java, 



(174) S. gaistropliylla, ir«r6., Mons., I, 121, tab. IV B. 



Shoots erect from a creeping base, 30 — 45 cm. long, the lower part 

 simple, 3 — 4 mm. thick, 3-stelical, stramineous, irregularly grooved when 

 dry, the upper part branched; lowest branches to 30 cm. long, elongate- 

 lanceolate, 3-pinnate, articulated at the base, provided with short and 

 broad, nearly rounded or broadly cordate axillary leaves hardly longer 

 than broad; ultimate branchlets 8 — 12 mm. long, 3 mm. broad including 

 the lateral leaves. Leaves of the stem and secondary rachises spreading 

 or erecto-patent, subfalcate, 4 — 5 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, hardly acute, 

 hardly cordate at the base; leaves of the branches smaller; leaves of the 

 lower plane subspreading; of the secondary rachises oblong, to 3 mm. long, 

 1 V2 mm. broad, subfalcate, hardly acute, entire, lax, bright-green, the lower 

 side truncate at the base, the upper side truncate, auriculate at the 

 base, the auricle pUcate; of the branchlets close, to 2 mm. long, less truncate 

 and plicate at the base; leaves of the upper plane erect; of the secondary 

 rachises broadly lanceolate, hardly 2 mm. long, falcate, slightly acuminate, 

 pellucid-margined, with a distinct midrib, obliquely narrowly truncate at 

 the base; of the branchlets obliquely adnate at the base, the outer base 

 subdecurrent. Spikes square, 15 — 20 mm. long, acuminate; sporophylla 

 acuminate, entire, keeled, the higher growing gradually shorter; macro- 

 spores yellowish-white, finely vorruculose on the basal side; microspores 

 provided with conical projections. 



Mindanao, Sanggir Islands, 



