246 APPENDIX. 103. SELAGINELLA. 



side sparingly ciliolate in the lower part, remotely serrulate in the upper 

 part; of the lower plane ascending, broadly deltoid-ovate, acuminate, 

 ciliate, somewhat keeled; microspores minium-red or subferrugineous, 



smooth; macrospores 



Sibuyan Island. 



(150a) S. Hombroiii, JKero*., Leaf!., VI, 2037. 



Shoots ascending or suberect from a short-creeping base, to 10 15 

 cm. long, 2Y 4V cm. broad, the lower part sparingly branched, the 

 upper part 3-pinnate, the stem compressed, convex beneath, when dry 

 copiously grooved above, stramineous or stramineous-green, 3 U 1 mm. 

 thick, 3V mm. broad including the lateral leaves; ultimate branchlets 

 2 2Vz mm. broad. Leaves heteromorphous; lateral leaves remote, much 

 ascending; of the stem obliquely ovate-oblong, bluntish or subacute, 

 unequal-sided, the upper side remotely and minutely serrulate, very sparingly 

 ciliolate towards the rotundate-cuneate base, narrowly pellucid-margined, 

 the lower side entire or subentire, or very minutely serrulate towards 

 the apex, narrow at the base, the largest leaves 2Vz mm. long by 1 mm. 

 broad; of the branchlets similar but smaller, more narrowed at the base; 

 intermedial leaves erect, oblique-ovate, acute or acuminate, remotely and 

 minutely serrulate, very narrowly pellucid-margined, the outer base 

 cuneately produced, the inner base rounded or rotundate-cuneate; of the 

 main stem the largest, 1 3 A mm. long. Spikes 4 7 mm. long, 2 3 mm. 

 broad; sporophylla of the upper plane much spreading, elongate-lanceolate- 

 oblong, to 2V* mm. long, acute or acuminate, keeled, the upper side 

 remotely ciliolate, sparingly serrulate at the apex, the keel sparingly 

 serrulate; of the lower plane suberect, deltoid-ovate, acute, remotely 

 ciliolate, sparingly serrulate at the apex, slightly keeled; macrospores 

 ochraceous- white or yellow, smooth; microspores red or subferrugineous, 

 smooth. 



Luzon. 



(159a) S. Eschscholzii, JKercm., Leafl., VI, 2041. 



Shoots flaccid, erect from a short-creeping base, 15 30 cm. long, 

 24 cm. broad, the lower part simple or sparingly branched, the upper 

 part 2-pinnate, or rarely forked with 2-pinnate fork-branches, the stem 

 1 mm. thick, compresso-terete, when dry often grooved above, stramineous, 

 3V 4Vz mm. broad including the lateral leaves; pinnae ascending, pinnate 



