206 103. SELAGINELLA. A?. PLEIOSTELICAE. 



(175) S. llcwittii. JKeron., Hedwi., LI, 262. 



Shoots branched in the upper part, the main rachis 4 mm. thick, 

 smooth, stramineous, subquadfangular, sulcate when dry, 3-stelical, sparingly 

 foliate; axillary leaves elongate-oblong, broadly cordate at the base; pinnae 

 3-pinnate in the lower part, not articulate at the base, ovate, 5 cm. long, 

 3Vz cm. broad, the rachis hardly more than 4 mm. broad including the 

 lateral leaves; ultimate branchlets 1 3 on a side, 2 3 mm. broad. 

 Leaves glaucous-green, entire; lateral leaves bluntish; those of the main 

 rachis spreading, remote, oblique-oval, broadly rounded on the upper side 

 and subtruncate-rotundate on the lower side at the base, with the midrib 

 thickened towards the apex, the largest leaves 4V* mm. long and 2 1 2 mm. 

 broad; those of the ultimate branchlets close, subfalcate-lanceolate-ovate, 

 cuneate on the upper side and truncate-rotundate on the lower side at 

 the base, the largest 2Vt mm. long and 3 /4 mm. broad; intermedial leaves 

 bluntish on the main rachis, acuminate on the ultimate branchlets; 

 of the main rachis unequal-sided, oblique-oblong, obliquely truncate- 

 rotundate at the base, with the midrib gradually thickened towards the 

 apex, the largest leaves 5 mm. long, IVz 1 3 A mm. broad; of the ultimate 

 branchlets nearly equal-sided, falcate-ovate, pellucid-dotted, cuneate at the 

 inner base, decurrent and rotundate-cuneate on the outer base, the 

 largest 1 mm. long and Vs mm. broad. Spikes 3 6 mm. long, 1 1Y 

 mm. diam., solitary; sporophylla ovate, shortly acuminate, entire, slightly 

 keeled, the largest hardly more than 1 mm. long and 3 A mm. broad; 

 macrospores whitish or yellowish, densely and coarsely verrucose on the 

 basal side; microspores yellowish, verrucose on the basal side. Plants 

 to 120 cm. high, probably divaricating-scandent. 



Borneo. 



(176) S. furcillifolia. Hieron., Hedwi., L, 31; var. tumidi- 

 folia, Hieron. & v. A. v. R., Bull. Btz., 1913, XI, 37. 



Shoots ascending or erect, the upper part pinnate, ovate or obovate 

 in outline, the stem to 5 mm. thick, 3-stelical, moderately sparingly 

 foliate, fulvo-ochraceous or subferrugineous, subolivaceous when young, 

 provided with large, roundish or broadly subcordate axillary leaves; 

 pinnae pinnate, ovate or lanceolate-ovate, to 20 cm. long, to 10 cm. 

 broad, not articulate at the base; pinnulae pinnate, the higher once 

 or repeatedly forked, the highest simple; tertiary branches simple or 

 sometimes forked; ultimate branchlets 5 mm. broad including the lateral 



