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obovate, 4 lin. long, cuspidate, firm in texture, convex on the back, 
with a ‘distinct keel, slightly oblique; those of the u or cai 
erect and rather smaller. Spikes square, }-4 in. long, $ lin. 
bracts deltoid, aiee imbricated, 4 lin. long, angular on the hee 
Hab. Eastern Siberia, Kamscha tka, and Eastern Himalayas. 
Habit of S. sanguinolenta, from which it differs by its slightly di- 
morphous leaves. Rarely the stems are decumbent, with root- 
fibres from ie upper nodes. 
14 ocaledonica, n.sp.— Stems suberect, with root- 
fibres from the bate only, reaching a length of half a foot, distantl 
pinnate, the short erecto-patent branches sparingly compound. 
Leaves of the lower plane close on the branchlets, spaced on the 
main stem, erecto-patent, a oe subacute, bright en firm in 
e stem; leaves of the upper plane half as ing ora, acute, not 
siuspidnte: Spikes short; square, 4 lin. diam. ; bracts ovate, 
strongly keeled, scarcely longer than the sporangia. 
Hab. New Caledonia, in damp places on the mountains of 
hae Vieillard 1690! 
. S. Macgillivrayi, n. sp.—-Stems reaching a length of 
6- 0 i in., suberect, with root- Races from the base only, bisulcate on 
sporangia. 
Hab. Isle of Pines, in clefts of rock near the summit of the 
ei A ser retinas 729! Milne 208! 
ava Spring Mon. ii. 204, ex parte—Stems sub- 
wee: half a foot long, with root-fibres from the base only, copiously 
pinnate, angled on the face, the close erecto-patent ranches 
cute. 
with a long eine, stron i anstod: 
_ Hab. Philippines, Cuming 2014! 
oomuatae) . Sp.— S. barbata See 2 Mon. ii. 204, ex 
th 
Leaves of the lower plane crowded and much i reaied 6a on the 
branchlets, nearly aiienine on the main stem, ascending, oblique 
