A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA, or 
dense fulventibus v. albidis costa fortiter prominente nervis ten 
bus venularum rete nunc nudato 8 poll. longis 10-12 lin. latis 
ali, gemmarum rage eal ovoidearum squamis 
multiseriatis orbicularibus dorso tomento aureo sericeo vestitis 
margine ciliatis, floribus cire. 5 ter baa corymbosis, pedicellis 
3-8 lin. “s ngis albo- Siloite: calyce parvo angusto leviter 5-dentato 
v. cupular mw ieee corolle infundibulari-campanulate utrinque 
hr 
glaberrimez roseolo-albw intus pulchre purpureo punctate odore 
14-15 lin. ale sursum ampliate fere ad medium 5-lobe lobis 
rot is, stami inequalium dimidi v. duas tertias 
crassiusculo glabro corolle equilongo stigmate capitato lobulato, 
capsula breviter ellipsoidea recta obtusa 6 lin. longa basi calyce in- 
Sueate iscoideo cincta. 
In jugi Lo-fau-shan, prov. Cantonensis, loco unico, Ma-lau-t’ung 
(h. e. “ vallis arta et prerupta simiarum’’) dicto, nebulis semper 
obnoxio, sepius muscis obvallatum sed letissime florens, invenit 
scrutator oculeus rev. B. C. Henry, m. Maio 1883. (Herb. propr. 
n. 22205). 
A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
By J. G. Baxer, F.R.S., &c. 
i( Continued from vol. xxi., p. 336). 
98. 8. etnata Spring Mon. ii. 211; Fl. Bras. i. 127, t. 7; 
Liphook Me marginatum H. B. K. — Stems trailing to a length of 
2-3 ft., subterete, jointed at the nodes, copiously pinnate, with 
s close on the 
branchlets, a aie on the stem, rather ascending, oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, 1- 12th + 1-8th in. long, rather rigid in texture, near 
equal-sided, ‘mbricated over the stem, with a spur-like auricle 
from the base on the upper gi which is shortly oot leaves 
of the upper piss one-third to one-half as long, oblique ovate, not 
cuspidate. Spikes }-4 in. jane, square ; birsicts ovate- -lahpoaciate: 
crowded, strongly keeled. 
Hab. Guiana and Central Brazil. Humboldt’s original nee 
men was gathered on the banks of the Orinoco, not in Mexi 
99. S. macroclada, n. sp. — Stems entirely trailing, reaching 
a length of 2 ft. or more, jointed at the nodes, acutely ee on 
both back and face, excurrent at the end, furnished with numerous 
excurrent alternate pinnately arranged branches, with Sontigaoes 
simple erecto-patent branchlets. Leaves of the lower plane close 
both on branches and branchlets, more or less ascending, lanceolate 
or oblong-lanceolate, acute, 1- 12th to 1-8th in. oti. moderately 
firm in texture, more produced on the upper side of the midrib, 
where they are rounded and shortly ciliated, slightly imbricated 
