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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Selaginella continued. 



S. erythropoa (red-footed).* stems about 9in. long, bright 

 crimson, simple in the lower half or third, deltoid and decom- 

 pound upwards ; lower pinnae deltoid, tripinnato ; final branch- 

 lets ascending, contiguous. I. of the lower plane contiguous, 

 ascending, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acute, J in. to iin. long, 

 bright green, unequal-sided, strongly ciliated and imbricated 

 over the stem on the upper side at the base; leaves of the 

 upper plane half as long, oblique-ovate, cuspidate, spikes square ; 

 bracts cuspidate, strongly keeled. Tropical America. Stove. 

 The form major is more compound, the unbranched part of the 

 stem longer, and all its leaves adpressed. S. setoga (of gardens) 

 is a starved, small form of this species. 



S. flllclna (Fern-like). A synonym of S. haematodes. 



S. flabcllata (fan-shaped), stems 1ft. to 2ft. long, erect, simple 

 in the lower half, deltoid and decompound in the upper half ; 



Selaginella continued. 



S. flagelliformis (whip-likeX A synonym of S. plumosaflafjelliftra, 

 S. flexnosa (flexuous). stems about 1ft. long, flat on the back 

 copiously branched, the lower branches elongated and copiously 

 compound, the upper part assurgent; root-fibres often only 

 developed from the lower half. I. of the lower plane close 

 spreading, bright green, oMong-rbomboidal, sub-acute iin to 

 iin. long, more produced on the upper side of the distinct 

 midrib, serrulated on the upper side near the base ; leaves 

 of the upper plane one-third as long, long-cuspidate, spikes Ain 



keeled". ^fi&L^SZ?" * l long ' CT Wded ' shar P* 



S. formosa (beautiful). A form of S. Martensii. 



S. fOlcrata (fulcrate). stems IJft. to 2ft. long, stiffly erect 

 simple in the lower half, with ?a few distant, small adpressed 

 leaves, deltoid and decompound in the upper half ; pinna; deltoid. 



S. flagellifera (whip-bearing). A garden form of S. plumota. 



FIG. 469. SELAGINELLA INVOLVENS VARIEGATA. 



the lower ones three or four-pinnate, the rachises pubescent- 

 final branchlets contiguous, iin. to iin. lon<r I of the lower 

 Plane rather spaced even on the branchlets ascendine lano^ 

 fate, acute, Am. to iin. long, truncate ; leases of t%e upper" 

 plane half as long, incurved, not cuspidate, spikes square, Tin 

 to im. long; bracts little longer than the sporangia Fastern 

 Himalayas. A well-marked, greenhouse specfes 



rStflbrS^ (Ga ft ot f s >" * te lft - *<> 2ft. long, sub-erect, with 

 root-fibres from the lower half, sometimes excurrent and whip- 

 l* the , tl P,' ^piously Pinnate, the branches pyramidal an'd 

 decompound. I. of the lower plane close on the branchlets, 

 spaced on the branches and stem, ascending, lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, acute, iin. to iin. long, more produced 

 on the upper side of the midrib, broadly rofnded ancf shortly 

 ciliated on the upper side at the base, truncate and auricled 

 on the lower ; leaves of the upper plane one-third to one-half 

 as long, much imbricated, spikes Iin to iin lone- bracts 

 cuspidate, strongly keeled. Mexico. * Stove. g> *** 



