A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 83 
Hab. Demerara; ravine near the Haieteur Savanna, Jenman 
1484 ! 
25. S. Sel eer Foe MSS.—Stems densely intermatted, 
trailing, filiform, 4-1 long, with a few spreading simple pin- 
nately-arranged br te Leaves of the lower plane ascending, 
ran 
the upper contiguous, the lower slightly spaced, ovate-oblong, pees 
obtuse, not more than } lin — bright green, femssaciin 4 firm 
texture, concave on the face, the midrib not reaching the tip, 
nearly equal-sided, the upper ids cordate and aistinetly ciliated at 
the base and imbricated over the stem; leaves of the upper plane 
4 as Teg oblique ovate, acute, not cuspidate, much imbricated. 
Spikes not seen. 
Hab. Rocks at the Panuré Falls, on the Rio Uapes, Spruce 
2940! <A very distinct — beautiful little species 
. brevifolia, n. sp.—Stems slender, trailing, 14-2 in. long, 
much intermatted, sleaely pinnate, os branches meer dh erecto- 
patent, the lower conside ~~ compound. Leaves of the lower 
plane crowded down to the base of es main Aetiy erecto-patent, 
oblique ovate, acute, not more than } lin. long, bright green, firm 
and rather rigid in texture, much dilated on the upper side of the 
midrib, nearly as broad as long, strongly ciliated and much 
imbricated over the stem on the upper side at the base; leaves of 
the upper plane } as long, oblique ovate, much imbricated, shortly 
cuspidate. Cuno sharply square, } lin. diam.; bracts ovate, acute, 
strongly keele 
ab. Ri a Ne egro, on rocks by the Janaraté cachoeira, forming 
large patchéa, Spruce 2547 
27. 
brevicaulis, n. sp.—Stems eats tufted, procumbent, 
4-1 in. = copiously be nehed. Lea of the lower ra 
crowded, much imbricated, pores patent, “laneae. oblong, obtuse, 
+ lin. ee green, ‘odes ately firm in texture, the midrib distinct 
and central, both sides conspicuously ciliated, the upper broadly 
rounded at the base and much imbricated over the rachis; leaves 
os the upper plane oblique enrel acute, a third as long, much imbri- 
ated. Spikes very short, square, $ lin. diam.; bracts ovate, acute, 
stenisly keeled. 
Ha —— Cuba, near Monte Verde, C. Wright 9411 
28. S. micropHyiyia Spring sige il. 88; S. thuyefolia Spring; 
Lycopodium micr sorephiAlil H. B. K.— ms densely matted, trailing, 
2-3 in. long, copiously pinnately meen, the lower branches 
copiously compound. Leaves scarcely dim morphous, those of the 
lower plane erecto-patent or adpressed io the stem, ovate, acute, 
on both sides at the base, ciliated on both margins, the midrib 
obscure; leaves of the upper plane scarcely smaller, onions) cuspidate, 
distinctly nerved, ascendi ing, imbricated. pikes in. lon 
reso $ lin. diam.; bracts crowded, ovate- prec: strongly 
Hab. Tropical America on mountain rocks; Guatemala, 
Bernouilli 955! New Granada, Moritz 869! Lindig 1519! Ecuador 
Spruce 4787! Brazil, Lindberg 682! Glaziou 7967! Cordoba, 
