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great exactness; and beyond the name itself there is 
nothing in his description to indicate distinctively the 
plant since called Selaginella oregana. He describes 
the leaves as 3 lines (6 mm.) long and 24 of a line (1.3 
mm.) broad, and as glaucous-green. In S. oregana the 
leaves are 2.35 to 3.35 mm. long and never exceed 0.62 
mm. in width, the dimensions being thus about half 
those given for Lycopodium struthioloides; they are 
besides of a peculiarly bright green color, without any 
trace of glaucous covering. Moreover, Presl placed 
L; struthioloides among the true Lycopodiums and com- 
pared it with L. passerinoides (a form of L. taxifolium), 
which in itself is almost sufficient evidence that he was 
not dealing with a Selaginella. 
Under the circumstances, and at least until Presl’s 
type can be examined, it seems best to restore Eaton’s 
name. The type of S. oregana is from Port Orford, 
Oregon. The synonymy is given below.’ The range 
of this species embraces the humid coastal belt from 
western Washington (Chehalis and Thurston counties) 
southward to Humboldt County, California. The 
plants are notably lax and, though occasionally found 
on the moist litter of forested banks, usually hang from 
the mossy trunks and branches of forest trees, attaining 
a length of 60 or even 90 cm. The leaves differ from 
those of most other United States species of Selaginella 
in pang long-decurrent (up to 1 mm.). 
Pp 
trate, short-creeping, 3- in. long, pinnately branched, 
subcespitose, forming large mats; 
close, the sterile ones mostly 0.5-1.5 cm. long, ascend- 
largest), chartaceous, nabeia ioe to lance- 
subulate, narrowed to an pasa i ee, 2.35-3.25 mm. 
‘SELAGINELLA orEGANA D.C. Eaton in S. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 350 
1880. Selaginelia struthioloides Underw. Bull. Torrey Club 25: 132- 
1898. Not Lycopodium struthioloides Pres], Rel. Haenk. 1: 82. 1830- 
