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A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
By J. G. Baxer, F.R.S., &c. 
(Continued from p. 278.) 
2. S. contigua, n. sp.— Stems } ft. long, suberect, with 
copious long root-fibres from the Were third, decompound, the 
branching between rey deci and pinnate, the face mY the back 
flat. Leaves of the lower plane erecto-patent, crowded both on 
the stem and branches, tas eolate, pointed “ the upper corner, 
1-6th to 1-5th in. long, bright green, moderately firm in texture, 
> nema cordate and conspicuously ciliated on the upper side 
at the base, and so much imbricated over the stem that it is quite 
hidden ; “pies of the upper plane ovate, with a long ee 
cusp, m much imbricated. ares et +++ in. long, 1 lin. 
bracts ovate, acute, strong y 
ab iro, Bicone: 4498! 5688! A near ally of 
ids. 
163. §. rigidula, n. sp. — Stems stout, ies ape: oe suberect, 
above a foot long, with the root-fibres confined to the base, 
deptousiy pinnate, the ascending bra pics coghedd semen 
compound, with short regular simple or forked branchlets. Leavy: 
of the lower plane co repre or nearly so on the seascicioies 
ascending, oblique ovate, acute, 4-4 in. long, bright green, rather 
m in texture, umequal- mist strongly serrulate on the upper 
margin, broadly rounded and much imbricated over the stem on 
the upper side at the base ; leaves of the upper plane half as long, 
ovate, with a large cusp. Spikes copious, short, square, $-1 lin. 
iam. oe ovate- fart ES rs strongly keele 
ndes of Ocana, New Gra te ait. 5000-6000 feet, 
tensti 
lon 
with ¢ compound beanih lita Leaves of che lower plane | ovate- 
oblong, subacute, subfaleate, } in. long, twice as long as broad, 
horizontal from an oblique base, bright green, rather rigid 
texture, the margin much reflexed, the upper codge « serrulate and 
rounded at the base ; leaves of the lower plan ong 
cusp. Spikes short, square; bracts ovate- Hs ty strongly 
keeled. 
Hab. Bahia, Blane 
165. 8. cattrorntca s iad Mon. ii. 98.—Stems slender, — 
minutely cuspidate, light green, rather rigid, twice as long as 
fae unequal-sided, sabsotdas ‘and denticulate on the Upper vale 
at the as, and imbricated over the stem; leaves of the upper 
pi ry small, ovate-oblong, cuspidate. ‘Spi ikes short, ‘amie; 
square; bale ovate-lanceolate, sharply keel 
Hab. Califo ornia, Deppe. I have not seen this. 
