A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 81 
equal-sided, rounded on both sides at the base ; leaves of the lower 
pigne a third as long, obovate, cuspidate, much imbricated. Spikes 
3-+ in. long, } lin. diam., square ; bracts deltoid-cuspidate, crowded, 
strongly keeled. 
Hab. Round a off the coast of Mauritius, Sir H. Barkly ! 
A near ally of S. obtus 
18. S. oprusa ipeiiig Mon. ii. 200; S. viridula and — 
Spring ; Lycopodium obtusum Desy.; L. pusillum Desy.; L 
dulum Bory; L. oneeeey Willd. — Stems tenia; vane meet ; 
with an angled face, 2-4 in. long, copiously pinnately branched, 
the branches short, es lower deltoi d, copiously compound. Leavy 
of the lower plane close, spreading, ovate-deltoid, 3-1 lin. long, 
bright green, obtuse, mo oderate ly firm in texture, flat, very unequal- 
sided, minutely ciliate- denticulate, broadly rounded on the upper 
side at the base and much imbricated over the stem, cuneate-trun- 
cate on the lower side; leaves of the lower plane a third as long, 
obovate, with a cusp nearly as long as the blade. Spikes square, 
Bunce long, + lin. diam. ; eats deltoid-cuspidate, Senn acutely 
eeled. 
Hab. Mountain rocks of sap oe Bourbon, and Madagascar. 
18.*§. Mittenii, n. sp. — Stems densely intermatted, trailing, 
14-2 in. long, tripinnate, with sentra erecto-patent main branches 
Leaves bright green, moderately firm in texture, those of the lower 
plane cordate- iy rare L 12th in. long, strongly denticulate 
all down the upper with a central midrib, contiguous or 
rather imbricated on ae ig ace Sev leaves of the upper plane 
rd as long, oblique ovate, acute. Spikes copious, age 
not more than 4 in. long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, much imbri- 
cated, } lin. long, strongly keeled, couspaetistay denticulate on the 
argins. 
nab: Usassura “Mountains, Central Africa. Just received 
eer Bap Mitten 
Bi Batrounm Baket Fk. Maur. 522.—Stem trailing, densely 
lagi in. long, forked low down, distantly pinnate, with short 
ance a ae lower branches. Leaves of lower plane arene, 
except at the tips of the branchlets, patent, oblong, obtuse, }—} lin 
long, entire, not ciliated, flat, rather rigid in texture, pale green, 
the lower edge parallel with the midrib, the upper convex and 
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- out. Spikes }-4 in. long, square, $ lin. diam. ; bracts orbicular’- 
cuspidate, crowded, strongly keeled, not much longer than the 
sporangia. 
Hab. en gerd on the coralline limestone, Dr. J. B. Balfour ! 
A — ally of S. ob 
Welwits chil, n. sp. —— Stems densely —— trailing, 
0-8 | long, distantly ‘pnmately branched, the lower b 
slightly compound. Leaves of the lower plane Mendel on the 
d, 4 lin. 
long, incurved, moderately firm in texture, ciliate-denticulate on 
all the margins, cordate and more strongly ciliated on the upper 
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