110 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
portion. 
perianth are obovate-mucronate; but I have not been able to 
SisyRincHium aNncustirorium Miller, Dict., ed. 6 (1771). 
Sisyrinchium anceps Cavanilles, Dissert. vi., p. 845, t. 190, fig. 2 
1788). 
Sisyrinchium gramineum Curtis, Bot. Mag., t. 464 (1799). 
Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii., p. 88 Ce 
Sisyrinchium Bermudiana Linn., Sp. Pl., ed. i., p. 954, excl. 
8. Bermudense. 
Sisyrinchium Bermudiana, A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S., 
ed. 5, p. 517; Chapman, Fl. Southern U.S., p. 474; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi., p- 117, excel. var. 1. 
Sisynrichium ceruleum parvum, gladiato caule Virginianum : 
Plukenet, Almagestum, p- 348, et Phytogr., t. 61, fig. 1 
Bermudiana graminea, flore minore cxruleo : Dillenius, Hort. 
Elth., p. 49, t. 41, fig. 49. 
ommon in the eastern States of North America, from Massa- 
u 
to be indigenous in Ireland 
A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
By J. G. Baxmr, F.R.S., &e. 
(Continued from p. 90.) 
126. S. Cunninghami, n. sp.—Stems trailing, 3-6 in. lon 
or oblong, subacute, 4-3 lin. long, bright green, membran : 
unequal-sided, very cordate and shortly ciliated on the upper side 
at the base and much imbricated over the stem; leaves of the 
