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A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
By J. G. Baxer, F.B.S., &c. 
(Continued from p. 84.) 
ag Jamesoni, n. sp.—Stems very slender, trailing, stra- 
s, 8-6 in long, sulcate on both faces, forked and distantly 
hes 
Leaves dimorphous, those of the lower plane lax except towards 
the tip of the branches, LEE patent, pate: oblong, subobtuse, 
n. long, moderately firm in texture, more rounded on the lower 
side ‘of the distinct raidvib, “qaneate on both sides at the base, 
obscurely ciliated ; leaves of — plane half as long, oblong, acute, 
ascending. Spikes very short, 3 lin. diam.; bracts ovate, thin in 
texture, strongly keeled, acute, but not cuspidate 
Andes of Ecuador near Quito, Taian Sodiro! A 
near ally of S. delicatissima. 
. S, panurensis, n. sp.—Stems densely matted, 1-2 in. long, 
distantly pinnately branched, the branches simple or slightly 
- upper side not cordate nor imbricated over the stem, not ciliated ; 
e as long, oblong, acute, not 
, much imbricated, strongly keeled. Spikes short, 
oo 4 lin. diam.; bracts ovate-lanceolate, crowded, strongly 
eele 
Hab. Panuré, on Ba Rio Uapes, North Brazil, Spruce 2861! 
4. S. vestien sp.—Stems densely matted, about an inch 
long, forked and copioualy pinnately = ched, with short 2-3- 
cate branches. Leaves of the lower plane crowded, oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, cents. 3—3 lin. ees , green, moderately firm in 
texture, more produe ed on the upper side of the distinct midrib, 
ted on bot 
cilia: on h sides near the base, the upper cordate and 
imbricated over the stem ; hae of the upper pla a third 
as long, ovate, acute, ‘imbri ted. Spikes short, copious, 
lin. 
square, $-3 diam. ; bracts tote ianostlate. Prenat strongly 
keeled. 
Goyaz, on the Morro de Canto Gallo, on shaded rocks, 
e-. Hab. 
oo Burchell! 
| 35. S. cladostachya, n. sp.—Stems trailing, about an inch 
long, distantly agreed branched, the short branches usually 
simple. Leaves of the lower plane ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 
= a long, odsentaly firm in texture, the midrib distinct, those 
as he main = spreading and rather spaced, those “ the branches 
a ae 
_ ¢rowded, ascending, imbricated, incurved, all the margin shortly 
ciliated, ‘the upper near the base more distinctly so, its base cordate 
and so much imbricated over the stem that the latter is quite 
hidden; leaves of the upper plane half as long, ovate, acute, 
OURNAL OF Bortany.—Vou. 21. [Apriz, 1883.] H 
