4 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
Group 2. Atrovirides, Persistent species, with continuous stems 
and broad leafy branches. 
Asiatic : : . Sp. 150-156 
African . . o¢ Sp. 167 
American . ; . Sp. 158-169 
Country unknown . Sp. 170 
Group 3. eet Persistent species, ra articulated 
ms(all American) Sp. 171- 
oup 4. Radiate. Fugacious species, as ecaaane an- 
nuals of the rainy season, with unjointed s 
Old World . : + Bp. Eee 
New World . ; . Sp. 182-187 
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‘ought, sometimes, but not always, branched down to the 
base, the root-fibres confined to the base. 
Old World . . Sp. 188-193 
New World . ; . Sp. 194-197 
Series IV. Sarmentosa. Persistent soi eg elongated stems 
branched nearly or quite down 
Asiatic and pec: Bp: 198-207 
American é . Sp. 208 
Series III. Rosunarm. Stems densely tufted, curling up in 
drou, i 
Series V. Scanpentes. Persistent dig re, with wide-climbing 
continuous stems . Sp. 209-211 
Series VI. Cavnuscenres. Persistent species, with erect stems, 
simple in the lower part, decompound and frond-like up- 
wards, the root-fibres confined to the base. 
Group 1. Flabellate. Stems continuous. 
Asiatic ‘ ‘ . Sp. 212-229 
African ; ‘ . Sp. 230-233 
American. ; . Sp. 234-246 
Group 2. Geniculate. Stems articulated /all American) ~ 
Sp. 247-250 
Subgenus III. a Ordinary leaves of two kinds, and 
spreading in two planes. Bracts also dimorphous, the smaller 
bracts in tis same ~~ as the smaller, more ascending 
leaves ; : : . Sp. 251-252 
sana IV. oe Ordinary leaves of two kinds, and 
eading in two planes. Bracts also of two kinds, but the 
ike onc eh (t.e., the smaller bracts in the same plane as 
the larger leaves, and. vice versa). 
Group 1. Bisulcate. Persistent species, with decumbent con- 
tinuous main stems 
All Asiatic . : . Sp. 258-256 
