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LYCOPODIUM RUBRUM N. 



E conlubernlo LycopocUi Seloginls; sangulneo- rub- 

 rum; caule adscendente creclo dichotomo, rnmis slrictis 

 fasliglalis; foliis imbrlcatis erectis rigidls concavis aculis 

 integerrimis ; caulis octofarlis linearl-lanceolalis subincurvis; 

 spicarum sexfarils ovatis acuminatis carlnaiis. 



In Brasilia inlratroplca semel repertum collegit Sello- 

 wius misilque speclmina perfecta plura. 



Selago major sanguineo-ruberrima. Ilabilus prorsus 

 Lycopodii Selaginis, slatura duplo major, sex- et novem- 

 pollicaris. Caulis inferne foliis veslilus leres, digilum auri- 

 cularem fere crassus, a dicbolomiis sursum altcnualus, 

 ramis fructificantibus s. spicis eximie liexaquetris, diame- 

 tro circiter bilineari. Caulis slerili parte ter, quaterque 

 dicholomus, spicis semel ilerumque dichotomis simplici- 

 busve. Folia inferioris caulis subsemipollicaria , lineani 

 circiter lata; spica;um duas lineas longa, margine apicali 

 parte inflexo specie subulato-acuminata, Capsulae axilla- 

 res, solilarlae, orbicularcs, depressao, straminci coloris, 

 bivalves, hianles, marginem basilarcm folii sulfulcicnlis 

 paululum superanles. 



