82 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
side at the base, rounded on the lower side; midrib distinct from 
base to tip; leaves of the upper 8 a third as long, ascending, 
imbricated, ovate, acute. Spikes unknown. 
ab. Angola, on dry rocks of ae Pedras of Pungo Andongo, 
Welwitsch, = ! <A close aap of S. vaginata 
21. S. aliensis, p.—Stems s wiry, wide-trailing, terete, 
4-1 ft. eee oratpeade i esd. the forks copiously pinnate, 
the short distant branches gig flabellately compound. Leaves 
f the lower plane crowded on the branchlets, patent, ovate- 
lanceolate, 4 lin. long, ica or subobtuse, flat, not ineurved, 
moderately firm in texture, not very unequal-sided, the mid drib 
distinet, pie sides, especially the upper, furnished with epee GA 
unequal cilia, the upper side broadly rounded at the base and mu 
Bosal over the rachis; leaves of the upper plane ee as saa, 
ovate, acute, cu heey F uch imbricated. Spikes unkno 
Hab. Mou ains of | Sona land, 1500-6000 ft., Hildebrandt 
1484! A near a of S. mongholica and yemensis. 
22. 5. carHepRirotiaA Spring, Mon. ii. 112.—Stems slender, 
trailing, pale, flat on the face, reaching a length of 4-1 ft., 
copiously pinnately branched, with copiously compound short 
branches. Leaves of the lower _ close, spreading, ovate, acute, 
3-1 lin. long, bright green, flat, not very firm in texture, broa dly 
rounded and cite rd on the upper side at the base; — 
e - upper plane 4 as long, m _ imbricated, ovate, with a 
Spikes s seg +} in g, 4 lin. diam. ; bracts oe 
ate. jeccouae, acute, stron Se pe eled. 
Hab. - per Guinea at Princes Island, Fernando Po, Old 
Calabar ar. minor A. Br., gathered by Welwitsch in 
Angola on tt hills of Pungo Andongo, differs by tts shorter much 
less eo . see 2 near ally of S. ornithopodioides. 
23. S. sp.—Stems filiform, intermatted, very 
slender, et tg it on the face, 1-2 in. e asc 
pinna ately-a tranged branches simple or forked. Leaves of the 
e, 
moderately firm i ore produced on the upper side of 
the midrib, cordate ae seated n the upper side at the base and 
imbricated o ; leaves a the upper a $4 as ao 
piney racts ovate enspidate,. steonely keele 
Hab. Cat 
=~ to inundation, Spruce 
S. valdepilosa, n. sp. Cte ems slender, trailing, reser 
cist oc 2-3 in. long, with several eee irregu cular ple 
or slightly compound branches. 5 aves of the lower plane case 
on the main va cuddceue on. the branches, ovate, acute, firm 
