A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 25 
a face, ites at the nodes, copiously pinnate, with sone ousl 
poun ort cuneate branches. Leaves of the low lane 
atoas on the pew rs spaced on the main aie oblong- lanceolate, 
acute, }- in. long, bright green and moderately firm as xtur 
' more produced on fis upper side of the midrib, bro nee ended 
® and a little imbricated over the stem and shortly sibiated 2 on the 
upper side at the base, distinctly raat on the lower side; leaves 
of the upper plane a third as s long, oblique ovate, with a long ise 
much imbricated. Spikes 1-3 in. long, square, 3-1 lin. diam 
bracts ovate- mag me A strongly keeled. i 
Hab. Rio Janeiro, Glaziou 4482! 4502! 
104. §. suncata Spring Mon. ii. 214; Lycopodium sulcatum 
i ozo Fl. Flum 
ab. 
Var. cruenta Spring (S. aol Fée Fil. Bras. 280, non 
Spring) is a form with bright red sa and root-fibres. S. Hum- 
boldtiana A. Br. in Fil. Nov. Gran. 377, from the banks of the 
0co, is said to differ from ciate by its more flaccid texture, 
rter base on the upper side of the leaves of the lower plane, and 
wer side with a longer auricle. 
1 arFinis A. Br. in Crypt. Nov. Gran. 380; S. Peppigiana 
Big: wasiodats: irittiniad. s $4 in. bee square, 
racts ovate- ag stot eects keeled. 
uiana. close ally of S. Peppigiana and Kunzeana. 
rare species in cultivatio 
S. sylvatica, n. sp.—Stems with the root-fibres confined 
the lower half, about a foot ‘eae, jointed at the nodes, flat on 
€ back, bisuleate on the face, copiously pinnate, with copiously 
mpound erecto-patent branches. Leaves of the lowe ape close 
uly at the tip of the branchlets, the upper as eccnting “ke e lower 
tent, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 4-4 in. long, almost neha 
