246 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
plane half as long, ce haa srbdnts much imbricated on 
the branchlets. Spikes no 
Hab. Malacca, Grifith | EU ies Yangtze, China, Francis ! 
S. acuraneuta Spring Mon. ii. 2061. — Stem erect, about 
branches copiously pinnate. Leaves of the lower plane rather 
2 a i bo th o n the stem and branches, spreading, ro, Lath 
‘aia over the stan on a Sine: sid e base; leaves of the 
upper plane half as long, ovate, wie a Spar cusp, oid es 
ciliated. Spikes square, copious, 1} in. long, 1 lin. diam. ; bracts 
ovate, acute, aces hag keele d. 
Hab. Malacca, Griffith 
148. 8. Sea ieee Sptng Mon. ii. 92; S. camptostachys Fée 
Fil. Bras. 295, tab. 75, fig. 8.—Stems 8-6 in. long, suberect, with 
root-fibres from the base only, copiously pinnate, ‘the erecto- patent 
ranches considerably compound. Leaves of the lower plane 
ascending and contiguous bath o n the stem and branches, oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, bright green, palddtately firm in texture, ? es 
one: nearly equal- sided, rounded, shortly ciliated and imbricated 
r the stem on the upper ‘side at the base ; leaves Be the upper 
square, {-} in. long, 4 lin. Danks bracts ovate, eee strongly 
se Rio Hr acct ! vt edd rier ! 
Group II.—Arrovirmes. 
150. S. microclada, n. sp.—Stems suberect, 4-6 in. long, 
with root-fibres only from the lower part, flat on the back, bisule 
down the face, flabellately dee ompound, the verse of no the 
branchlets very much smaller Gilt those of the ste Leaves of 
the lower plane spaced even on the branchlets, scsi or sci 
ing, oblique ovate, subacute te, Lin. long, pale green, moderately 
oo very unequal-sided, not all ciliated, broadly rounded and 
