196 103. SELAGINELLA. A 1 . MONOSTELICAE. b 4 . BEACHYSTACHYAE. 



. Var. fcLoordersii: Differs from the type in having the shoots 

 smaller, to 15 cm. long, with the stem slender, hardly 1 mm. thick, the 

 ultimate branchlets at best 3 mm. broad, the leaves smaller, the spikes 

 short, to 6 mm. long, 1 1V mm. broad. 

 Java. 



A 2 . PLEIOSTELICAE. 



1. Steins S-stelical. 



2. Leaves spinuloso-lacerate at the base. (168) S. lacerata. 



9.9. Leaves not spinuloso-lacerate at the base. 



3. At least the loicer axillary leaves of the main rachis roundish, 

 i. e. proportionally very short and broad, if elongated, then 

 relatively very large when compared with the lateral leaves. 

 J. Stems rough. (169) S. tylophora. 



4.4. Stems not rough. 



A. Lateral leaves of the branchlets decurrent at the base. 



(170) S. finium. 



&.&. Lateral leaves of the branchlets not decurrent, thougli 

 not rarely more or less broadly adnate, at the base. 

 e. Shoots wide-trailing. (171) S. Mayeri. 



.6. Shoots at best trailing at the base. 



9. Pinnulae simple, under 9 mm. broad including 

 the lateral leaves. 

 A Lateral leaves quite entire. 



(172) S. axillifolia. 

 A A Latei'al leaves not quite entire. 



(173) S. stipulata. 

 y.<r. Pinnulae more compound, or more than 9 



mm. broad including the lateral leaves. 

 S. Pinnae linear or linear-lanceolate, articu- 

 i late at the base. 



(174) S. gastrophylla. 



S.8. Pinnae roundish to ovate t or not articulate 

 at the base. 

 9. Leaves not pellucid-margined. 



