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SELAGINELLA 



SELENIPEDIUM 



32. ilabell4ta, Spring. Stems cn-c-t. diltuid. ,]i-<;,m- 

 pound, with contiguous final bramlil. i I . i 1 . .< r 

 plane obliquely ovate, acute, bniiH 11 ■ i 



ated at the base; Ivs. of upper phi : ' 



cuspidate. Widely distributed in tiojiil n ^ i hm 



of the forms of this is cultivated as ^'. i-rispu, Hcirt. 



33. Vdgelii, Spring (S. A frictlna, A. Br. -S. PervHlei, 

 Spring). Stems decompound above, the lower pinnie 

 deltoid, petioled, 3-4-pinuate: Ivs. of lower plane lan- 

 ceolate, ascending, often revolute on both edges, trun- 

 cate at base; Ivs. of upper plane minute, strongly cus- 

 pidate. Africa. 



34. Li^allii, Spring. Stems deltoid above, the lower 

 pinniB bipinnate, the final divisions K-1 in. long, Vs-K 

 in. wide: Ivs. of lower plane oblong-lanceolate, falcate, 

 acute ; Ivs. of upper plane minute, a«ute. Madagascar. 



35. erytliropus, Spring. Stems under a foot long, del- 

 toid and decompound above, the lower pinnffi 3-pinnate, 

 the ultimate divisions one - twelfth to one-eighth in. 

 wide]: Ivs. of lower plane oblong -lanceolate, acute, 

 strongly ciliated ; 

 cuspidate. Tropii 

 to be astai-vi-d Iwnn ^ -[h ncs. 



36. hffimatodes. - : ( // -.i/ia, Spring). Stems 

 1-2 ft. loiiK. tin .!' ; ' ■ 1-1 'innate, the ultimate 

 divisions 's-V in. il- I ..I lower plane ascend- 

 ing, oblong-rboiiilioiil, :unitc, dilated on upper side at 

 base, not ciliated; Ivs. of upper plane minute, cuspidate. 

 Venezuela to Peru. 



37. geniculita, Spring [S. elongtUa, Kl.). Stems 2-3 

 ft. long, decompound, with lower pinnse 3-pinnate, the 

 divisions ascending and pinnately arranged: Ivs. of 

 lower plane ovate, acute; Ivs. of upper plane one-third 

 as long, ovate-lanceolate. Costa Rica to Peru. 



38. cordifolia, Si.rin- ( N. .•,„■,?-;/,(, Kl.l. Stems trail- 



ing, a fo.,1 li.nu'. Willi .iM.n 1 

 whip-likr ti|i^: h -. ol |.i-A. r 

 membraii.iu-. .'ilniinl .m iln 

 subcordatf' ; l\^. i^l' iipiMT [.l;ii 

 date. West hi.lir-. 



39. moUiceps, Sin-iiiL' i N- mi 

 erect, ll-:i in. I"n^. In-nlralr 



unequal-sided, serrulate cm tli 

 per plane one-half to one-thin 

 lanceolate, cuspidate. Africa. 



idten ending in 

 lit I.-, pale green, 

 li;i-, dilated and 

 aiireolate, enspi- 



\i', inin-ti compounti: 

 uti-, dark green, very 

 iper edge; Ivs. of up- 

 long, ovate or ovate- 



the( 



ctly into 

 position. 



an inch and ' i . , , 



small pots I.I L^i,; ■:,;,.; I : :ii 



Syringe thum li^lul> iIihl '.ji I'uii' i 



week, at the end of which time tbty will take root 



They will soon grow into salable plants. 



The popular S. Emmeliana, which is generally con 

 sidered by florists a variety of S. cusiiUlutu, require: 

 different treatment. It is much slower and sometime: 

 requires about nine months from the making of cutting: 

 until the young plants are ready for potting. 



Fill regular fern b.ixes with fern soil, adding on. 



part in flVr .d' -:in.l. IIImI pi: ^ llllnlv ^•, 1: rt 11 1 at U l'. 



frondsoftli: -: /'. . ' •:'. i ■.:.■.- li:ilf :il 



inch long. -.■;'■.:■; i • ■ ' ■ ; i l ■ ■ •! ■ ; 1. :ili:l |.n 



just enoilf.'!, l ;,. L .,.>,,.., ... - l i,: nillin- 



tll.".nin-lll>..'::MT VMlli Ld:,--. IHnl po.: H: :: !• 1 : i p. ■ I':, t U n 



larg 



be left until 



large enough to be potted. 



The following list of Selaginellas for special and gen- 

 eral purpose is not designed to be c plete. but iiierely 



suggestive. T'::r :- l-:'i:il pili| -. ^' . .'.,.?.■...'.:':(, 



Kraussiaihi . 1/ ■.'.!'■ :. i ' : . ■ ni; 

 the soil, S. :!■ ~ / . . 



liana and ,s. U :..i :....,,... M 



kinds: for m nii.Pi l«.s. , .^. /•: .'. ' ■-■ ■ 'id 



r I. I "I ill! u'liLus call for special mention. 



^S'. ...,,,,,, I- n iii:.i k:ildi- tor its changes of color during 

 the dav. In the morning the foliage is bright green; 

 during the day it gradually becomes paler as though 

 bleached by the light ; toward night it resumes its 

 lively green hue again. For S. Upidophylla, see Jiesur- 



'I'll.- l.dlowiii^' s]ir. i.- also deserve a few running 

 noiis: N. li,<:nn'n \~ all old favoi'lte whlch is ofteu in- 

 .■orr.cilv laliill.:! N. W i IhUnovii in collections. Its 



United States Nurseries. 



and so: 

 desceiii 

 latter I 

 Wilhh 



beds, for .■.■^.■r,^r^ i 



and for liidiii- ilir -i 

 and the likr. S. r I 

 subjects for taldr . 

 jardinif-res. For I hi 

 should be a densr. r 

 green, not a weak. 

 Pigs. 2304 and 2:i0.-|. 

 bouquets of flowers 

 stead of asparagus 

 the more difficult s 

 wardian case for ex 



L. M. Underwood. 

 iirite plants in every good con- 

 ily admired for their feathery, 

 \ have various shades of green, 

 ri-markable for metallic and iri- 



Selaginellas are also employed in 

 fronds being used for "green" in- 

 r fern. Occasionally a fancier of 

 ecies grows a large specimen in a 



:io(Mi,-, ,i,ri. 1. Ill like habit. The braiudilets 

 iw 11 lip Irojii III iping stems and do not root 

 Ml iIkii ilii^ sp.cics is usually prop, by division 



\V. H. Taplin, X. N. Brcckner and W. M. 



SELfiNIA adrea, Nutt., is a hardy annual of the mus- 

 tard faiiiilv. a native of the U. S. from Arkansas and 

 Texas to the base of the Ro,d<ies. It is not known to he 

 cult, in America, but It -i m ■ d. 'n "iic of tlic pntinKt 



of our few native on ' ! ": ' ■ I' '' ■- '■'■'H 



yellow fls. about '. m ■ ' ■■ I i ■ li ...iv- 



ing a central band o i ; . . 1 . 1 , , ■ , i ' . : . 1 1 1 : j . ■ i ii s 



finely cut foliage and u- ll:ii pml- ilin'ii^li I'lmdi ilie 

 seeds may be vaguely seon, as in tlie case of Liniaria, 

 or "Honesty." It grows about 9 in. high. B.M. 6607. 

 W. M. 



SEIiENIPfiDIUM (from selene, moon, and pedion, 

 ground; analogous to Cypripedium. It was evidently 

 intended to derive the second part of the word from 

 pedilon, sandal, and some botanists and horticultural 

 writers use the word thus derived, but Beichenbaeh 



