376 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
192. S$. conyoruta Spring Mon. ii. 62.—S. hygrometrica Spring. 
—Lycopodium bryopteris Aublet, non Linn.— L. convolutum Arnott. 
. hygrometricum Mart. — L. revolutum Hook. & Grev. — Stems 
densely tufted, 3-6 in. long, compound nearly to the base, the 
primary branching pinnate, the short broad erecto-patent pinne 
between pinnate and flabellate. Leaves of the lower plane much 
imbricated, ascending, ovate, acute, 4 lin. long, serrulate, bright 
green, firm and rigid in texture; leaves of the upper plane one-half 
as long, oblique ovate, acute. Spikes square, +4 in. long, 4 , 
diam. ; bracts ovate cuspidate, strongly keeled. oy 
Tropical America from Mexico to South Brazil. This is 
- BRYOPTERIS Baker.—S. tamariscina Sp Lycopodium 
bryopteris Linn. Sp. 1567.— L. circinale Linn. Syst. Veg. xiii. 704, 
on n . tamariscinum Desv.—Dill. Musc. tab. 66, fig. x1 
large cusp. Spikes short, square, 4 lin. diam.; bracts ovate 
cuspidate, strongly keeled. 
Hab. Central and Peninsular India. 
194. §. piers A. Br. in Ind. Sem. Hort, Berol. 1857, App. 20. 
—Stems densely tufted, 3-4 in. long, copiously compound, cuneate, 
jeer pee of all grades midway between pinnate and flabellate, 
n 
similarly cuspidate. Spikes square, }-} in. 
bracts ovate-lanceolate, strongly keeled. 
Hab. Texas, Wright! Plateau of Central Mexico, alt. 6000- 
8000 ft., Parry d Palmer 1008! <A rare species in cultivation. — 
195. 5. Leprpopayiia Sp ing Mon. ii. 72. — Lycopodium lepido- 
phyllum Hook. Ic. t. 162-163.—Stems densely tufted, 2-4 in, long, 
branched down to the base, the primary branching closely pinnate, 
the broad cuneate ascending pinne copiously subflabellately com- 
pound. Leaves of the lower plane much imbricated, ascending, 
oblique ovate, obtuse, 4 lin. long, thick and rigid in texture, 
minutely ciliated, green on the face, paler on the back, and when 
old tinted red-brown; leaves of the upper plane nearly as dong, 
oblique ovate, obtuse. Spikes square, }-3 in, long, 3 lin. diam. ; 
bracts deltoid, acutely keeled. : 
Tropical America from Texas and Mexico to Peru, in eX- 
posed places. 
m. ; 
base ; leaves of the upper plane one-half as long, oblique lanceolate, 
long, lin. diam. ; 
