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A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 373 
smooth form grew in a Geen most like the var. delicatula. 
running stream, 980 ft. abov Ji is not yet ascertained 
sea-level, and appeared to oo whether it is this variety. 
A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
By J. G. Baxer, F.R.S., &c. 
(Continued from p. 300.) 
181. S. versicotor Spring Mon. ii. 128. — Stem slender, sub- 
erect, stoloniferous from the base, iia pinnate, the ascending 
branches copiously compound. Leaves of the lower plane con- 
tiguous and asc ending, spreading ts ee ‘the main — 
oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, 4-4 in. lon 
bright green, membranous, unequal-sided, gos rounded, 
With a cusp as long as the lamina. Spikes at 4h 
bracts ovate- miideas, membranous, strongly kee 
Senegambia, Heudelot. Angola, in the erotinees of 
ia 
eine, Andan go, and Golungo — Welwitech 41,4 
8. minma Spring uM ii. 86. — Lyco spoons pusillum 
— Stem }~1 in. long, very slender, suberect, simple or 
slightly compound. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous and 
ascending in the upper part, gt and See in the lower 
part of the He oblong acute, + lin. long, bright green, mem- 
branous, rather qual-sided, broadly macicn, ciliated, 
sae 
the upper plane one-half as long, ovate, acute. Spikes short, 
1 lin, diam.; bracts ovate, acute, similar to the leaves in texture. 
Hab. oe Guiana, in grassy places near Cayenne, Leprieur! 
S. prcrescens Spring in Plant. Vanheurck. i. 29.--Stems 
suberect, cy slender, 1-14 in. long, simple near the base, closely 
Wlated upper 
Side at the base; leaves of the upper plane mae halt a  toaigs much 
imbricated, broad ovate, with a cusp as long as the lamina. Spikes. 
short, square, 4 lin. diam.; bracts ovate, acute, crowded, strongly 
oigtl®- Shaded rocks on the Serras of Santarem, Spruce 682*! 
184. S. poreztomss Spring. Mon. ii. 97; Fée Fil. Ant. tab. 
34, a Wee Lycopodium porelloides Lam — Stems slender, sub- 
erect, 2-8 i in. long, the branches lax, the 5 at copiously —— 
Leaves of the lower vines contiguous and ascending the 
- branchlets, Spreading and spaced on the main ptt am or 
