296 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
166. S. Marrensu Spring Mon. ii. 129; S. Poppigiana Hook. 
Fil. Exot. t. 56, non Spring; Lycopodium flabellatum Mart. & Gal., 
non Linn.—Stems }~1 ft. long, trailing in the lower half, with 
copious long root-fibres, ascending in the upper half, decompound, 
the upper plane half as long, oblique-oblong, with a long cusp, 
much imbricated. Spikes }-4 in. long, square, 1 lin. diam. ; 
nin Mexico. This is now the commonest species 
Ann. Se. Nat 
- in European gardens, next to S. Kraussiana. n ” 
as the lamina. Spikes copious, square, 1 lin. diam. ; bracts ovate- 
lanceolate, crowded, strongly keeled 
os : Mount Guayrapurima, Eastern Peru, Spruce 3990! 
Differs from sulcata by its suberect habit and continuous stems. 
8 MBycINA Spring Mon. ii. 191. — Stem a foot or more 
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very cordate, strongly ciliated and much imbricated over the stem 
on the upper side at the base; leaves of the upper plane one-third 
to one-fourth as long, oblique ovate, cuspidate, much imbricated. 
Spikes terminal on the branchlets, }-1 in. long, square, 1 lin. diam. ; 
lower plane crowded and spreading horizontally both on the stem 
and branches, lanceolate, subobtuse, 4} in. long, bright green, 
moderately firm in texture, rather unequal-sided, serrulate, broadly 
