168 103. SELAGINELLA. A 1 . MONOSTELICAE. b 1 . INTEETEXTAE. 



denticulate towards the . apex, the upper side broadly rounded, denticulate 

 towards the rotundate-cuneate base, the- lower side slightly rounded, 

 adnate at the base; of the ultimate branchlets similar, smaller, 11 l h 

 mm. long ; intermedial leaves erect, ovate, acuminate, obliquely cuneate 

 or rotundate-cuneate at the base, with the outer base slightly produced; 

 of the main rachis remote, 1 1'A mm. long, more or less denticulate on 

 the inner side; of the branchlets similar but smaller. Spikes solitary, 

 lanceolate, to Tit mm. long, 1V 2 2 mm. broad near the base, narrowed 

 towards the apBX ; sporophylla of the upper plane lanceolate, acute or 

 acuminate, keeled, denticulate on the upper side, the lower suberecto- 

 patent, to 1 V* mm. long, the higher suberect, smaller, imbricate ; of the 

 lower plane suberect, imbricate, ovate, acuminate, keeled, piloso-den- 

 ticulate ; macrospores whitish with yellow contents, pulverate, soon- smooth ; 



microspores 



Karimata Islands. 



(128) S. Loriai. Htero*., in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., -L, 27. 



Small plants. Shoots creeping, the loose branching between dicho- 

 tomous and pinnate, the upper branches simple or forked, to 1 cm. long; 

 main rachis 2 J 2 mm. broad including the lateral leaves; ultimate branch- 

 lets I 1 2 2 mm. broad. Leaves heteromorphous ; lateral leaves horizontal 

 or nearly so, narrowly pellucid-margined, remote; of the "main rachis the 

 largest, oblique-ovate, blunt or bluntish, the upper side subentire or 

 'indistinctly denticulate in the upper part, sparingly and very minutely 

 denticulate in the lower part, rounded or rotundate-truncate at the base, 

 the lower side subentire or indistinctly denticulate, narrowly rotundate- 

 truncate at the base, the largest leaves IV* mm. long by 3 A mm. broad; 

 of the branches growing gradually smaller ; intermedial leaves erect ; of 

 the main rachis the largest, obliquely subfalcate-ovate, slightly acuminate, 

 the sides very narrowly pellucid-margined, indistinctly or sparingly and 

 very minutely denticulate, the base obliquely rounded, or rotundate- 

 cuneate on the inner side, the largest leaves 1'A mm. long. Spikes 

 solitary, 23 mm. long by 2 mm. broad; sporophylla of the upper 

 plane unequal-sided, obliquely oblong-ovate, keeled, the upper side the 

 broadest, sparingly minutely denticulate and narrowly pellucid-margined, 

 the lower side narrower, much shorter, the largest sporophylla TA mm. 

 long, under 3 A mm. broad ; sporophylla of the lower plane deltoid-ovate, 

 subcucullate, acute, indistinctly keeled, sparingly minutely denticulate, 



