103. SELAGINELLA. A'. PLEIOSTELICAE. 219 



Resembles S. d'Urvillei A. Br., but the leaves of the upper plane and the 

 sporophylla not pellucid- or pale-margined. The specimens occurring in the 

 Buitenzorg Herbarium have the pinnae dark-brown to blackish at the base. 



Forma typica: Stems muricate; macrospores vs^hite, yellowish or pale- 

 brown, densely tuberculate-verruculose with roundish or oblong projec- 

 tions; microspores densely tuberculate- or capitate-verruculose. — Ne^o 

 Guinea, Saparua, Ceram. 



'Var. inermls: Differs from the type only in having the stems 

 smooth. — Netv Guinea, Amboyna. 



(195) S. Schlechteri, nieron., in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., L, 41. 



Shoots erect, 1 — Ts m. long, the lower part simple, the stem sub- 

 terete, 3-stelical, when dry slightly grooved, pale-stramineous-brown, to 5 

 mm. or more thick; the upper part branched, ovate, 1 m. long by 'A m. 

 broad ; pinnae ovate, 2-pinnate, the rachis 2 cm. broad including the lateral 

 leaves; branchlets 1 — Vk cm. broad, narrowed towards the apex. Leaves 

 heteromorphous, entire ; lateral leaves remote on the stem, more approximate 

 on the branchlets; of the stipe unequal-sided, deltoid-ovate, the inner base 

 auricled, the outer base shortly truncate, the largest leaves 8 — 9 mm. 

 long by 3V2 — 4 mm. broad; of the secondary rachises remote, spreading, 

 lanceolate-oblong, subfalcate, acuminate, the point bluntish, the upper base 

 rounded, subauriculate-plicate, the lower base broadly adnate, with a small 

 free rounded corner, the costa prominent towards the apex in dried 

 material, the largest leaves 1 cm. long by V3 cm. broad; of the branch- 

 lets smaller, to 9 mm. long; intermedial leaves remote on the stem, imbri- 

 cate on the branchlets; of the stipe lanceolate-deltoid, 2-auriculate at 

 the base, shortly aristate-acuminate, the arista Vs as long as the blade, 

 the largest leaves 1 cm. long by Vs cm. broad; of the secondary rachises 

 contiguous, falcate-ovate, narrowed on both sides at the base, the outer 

 base produced, adnate, the costa prominent, the apex cuspidate, the cusp 

 V4 — Va as long as the blade, the largest leaves 9 mm. long by 3 mm. 

 broad; of the branchlets smaller, falcate-lanceolate, the cusp proportionally 

 much longer. Spikes solitary and terminal, IV2 — 2V2 cm. long, 4 — 5 mm. 

 diam.; sporophylla ovate, acuminate, entire, keeled, the largest 472 mm. 

 long; macrospores yellow or yellowish, coarsely rugose, the rumples 

 undulate-dentate, free, simple, branched or reticulate; microspores yellow 

 or stramineous, provided with reticulated wing-like crests. 



N-eic Guinea. 



