A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 111 
upper plane half as long, oblique ovate, with a distinct cus p. 
Spikes copious, }-} in. long, 4 lin. diam. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 
crowded, strongly keeled. 
Hab. Rio Janeiro, Riek Cunningham ! Glaziou 5217! 7039! 
127. S. rhodospora sp. — Stems very slender, entirely 
tra ee copiously pinnate, ee lower branches compound. Leaves 
of the lower plane spaced, spreading, oblong, acute, 4 lin. long, 
with a large cusp. Spikes short, copious, 4 lin. diam.; bracts 
ovate cuspidate, crowded, strongly keeled in the upper half. 
Hab. Eastern Cuba, Wright 1824 | 
128. 8, Morrrzrana Spring Mon. ii. 249.--Stems trailing, inter- 
matted, 4-1 ft. long, flat on the back, flat or suleate on the face, 
copiously pinnate, ie lower branches often considerably compound. 
Leaves of the lower plane spaced and spreading even on the 
branches, oblique wee. acute, a line long, bright green, firmer in 
texture tha an in apus and brasiliensis, unequal-sided, more produced 
on the upper side of the midrib, slightly cordate and shortly 
ciliated on the upper side at the base, and a little imbricated over 
He stem; leaves of ae upper plane half as long, oblique ovate, 
acute. Spikes short, 1 lin. diam.; bracts uniform or slightly 
orphic, ovate- lanceolate, strongly keele 
Ha of Venezuela, New Granada, and Ecuador, 
ascending to 10,000 feet. A near ally of 8. apus and brasiliensis 
In Crypt. Nov. Gran. p. 867, A. Braun defines six varieties. S. 
porphyrospora A. Br. Crypt. Se Gran. 369, gathered in Mexico by 
Sartorius, differs from Moritziana by having branches Mey excur- 
rent whip-like ends, like riers ony flagellata and cladorhizar 
129. A. Br. in Crypt. Nov. Gran “8743 "8. cras- 
sinervia, polysperma, and apus, ex parte, Spring; S. apus Fée Fil. 
Bras. Suppl. 98; 9. Beyrichiit A. Br.; Lycopodium brasiliense Raddi 
Fil. Bras. 82, tab. 1, fig. 4; L. patulum Gaudich, non Sw.—Stems 
trailing, 2-4 in. long, copio usly pinnate, the br anches erecto- 
patent, the upper simple, the suet slightly compound. Leaves of 
e lower plane spaced and orig ge except towards the tip of the 
branches, oblique oblong, acute, 3-1 lin. long, bright green, mem- 
ranous, more produced on the upper side of the midrib, cordate at 
the base on the upper ‘ide; distinctly ciliated sat imbricated over 
the stem ; ‘Mavis of the upper plane half as long, oblique oblong, 
with a distinc t cusp. Spikes }-4 in. long, . diam.; bracts 
Ovate- “nyieomant strongly tkeeled i in the upper 
Common in the southern half of Brazil, from Bahia and 
Minas Geises to ante Ontherins,: “A near ally of S. te S. poly- 
‘perma Spring is a form with short stems and copious long makin 
8. anocardia A. Br. in Fil. Nov. Gran. 874, is said to differ from 
brasiliensis by its more remote, more obtuse Sbiined of the lower 
plane; leaves of the upper plane with a shorter cusp and anticous 
ts not so acuminate, and furnished with a broad keel, which 
is ey toothed in the upper part. 
