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90 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
suneiaaked over the tem. on the ae ts at the base ; en of 
the upper side half as Jong, ovate, with a short cusp. Spikes 
long, square, 1 lin. diam.; bracts ovate-lanceolate, idnbraee 
strongly oe in the upper r ha 
Hab. Orange Free State, Cooper 1056! Between albo-nitens 
and inser. 
. ROTUNDIFOLIA Spring Mon. ii. 85; Fee Fil. Ant. t. 84, 
fig. 2 —Stems very slender, Gailme. intermatted, 2-4 in. long, the 
distant branches short and s mple. Leaves of the lower plane 
oso i lin ibe tlstile: cuspidate, i lin. long, pale green, 
mbra nearly equal-sided, rounded on “both ek at the base, 
sory ciliated on the upper, not imbricated over the stem; leaves 
of the upper plane one- third a s long, ovate, acute, not cuspidate, 
not imbricated. Spikes very short, ek 1 lin. diam.; bracts 
ovate, acute, membranous, strongly kee 
ab. West Indies: St. Vincent, Maras. Guadeloupe, &e., 
caer 579! 
128. S. ovifolia, n. sp.—Stems filiform, trailing, 1-2 in. long, 
the distant Sepuatige short and simple. Leaves of the lower plane 
close, spreading, ovate, acute, } lin. long, bi ight green, mem- 
branous, nearly equal-sided, epee, ciliated on both margins, 
rounded on both sides at the base, not imbricated over the stem; 
leaves of the upper plane a ‘hatter as long, oblique ovate, acute. 
Spikes very short, 4 lin, diam.; bracts ovate, acute, membranous, 
strongly keeled. 
Hab. Porto Rico, Schwanecke! A near ally of S. rotundifolia. 
S. macilenta, n. sp.— Stems very slender, filiform, 
trailing, intermatted, 3-4 in, long, little branched, often excurrent 
ne flagellate at the tip, with the leaves rudimentary. Leaves 
of the lower plane spaced, spreading, oblique ovate, acute, 4 lin. 
long, much more produced on the upper side of the midrib, broadly 
rounded on the upper side at the base, not ciliated, not imbricated 
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bracts ovate- lanceolate, m embranous, strongly keeled. 
Hab. On stones at “the foot of Mount Chimborazo, at an 
altitude of 3000 sid Recs A near nae of S. Rees clas 
stem ; leaves of the upper plane half as long, ithe oblong, acute, 
strongly ciliated. Spikes short, square, } lin. diam, ; bracts ovate-— 
lanceolate, strongly pee “conspicuously iiilatod.- 
ab. Cuba, Wright 8 
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