98 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
reo pape Spikes very short; bracts ovate-lanceolate, strongly 
keele 
Hab. Goyaz, on the Morro de Canto Gallo, with S. vestiens, 
Burchell ! 
36. avirotia A. Br. in Ann. Se. Nat., ser. 5, vol. iii., 272.— 
Stems very slender, pale, trailing, 2-3 in. lo ong, flat on the faces, 
with numerous alternate pinnately-arranged ae or slightly 
Seaomad erecto-patent branches. Leaves of the lower plane 
ascending, suborbicular, obtuse, 34 lin. long, pale sheen, firm in 
texture, flat, the midrib distinct, “the ‘edge ramentnest the ee 
half much more produced, cordate’ at an 
imbricated over the stem; leaves of the upper aaah hal as 
a oblong, acute, much ‘imbricated. Spikes very short, 1 lin. 
racts ovate, much imbricated, acute, not alee 
seshialy keeled. 
Hab. Andes of Bogota, Lindig 1511! Well marked by its 
poe te habit, nearly simple branches, and pale close orbicular 
rigid le 
37. S. ‘trifurcata, n. sp.—Stems very slender, pale, trailing, 
6 in. ees angled on the faces, regularly pinnately branched, 
with short 2-8-furcate erecto-patent branches. Leaves of the lower 
plane close, spreading, ovate, acute, very oblique, 4 lin. long, flat, 
pale green, firm in texture, ‘denticulate, much more produced on 
imbricated over the stem; leaves of the upper plane half as long, 
as, seg. ages much imbricated. Spikes copious, short, ak 
$1 cuspidate ly ke: i 
“in 2 Panuré, on the oo Uapes, Spruce! Habit of serpens, but 
sar gio in the le 
s. yotoges, n. valent slender, trailing, densely 
asmainuicd: “D8 in, long, the erecto-patent branches simple or 
ae compo ound. —— of the lower plane crowded even on the 
ae moderate 7 rm in ‘texture, dilated, cordate, strongly ‘ciliated 
and much imbricated over the stem on the upper side at the base ; 
leaves of the upper plane a third as long, oblique cs acute, much 
imbricated. Spikes short, sharply square, 4 lin. diam. ; bracts 
ovate, pera tober strongly keeled. 
e ground on the banks of the Rio Uapes, North 
Brazil, auhias a90e An ally of S. radiata, rom which it differs 
by its short decumbent stems and crowded lea 
. §. tarapotensis, n. sp.—Stems trailing. 8-6 i in. long, sub- 
terete « on back and face, ey pinnate, the lower branches elon- 
gated and copiously compound. Leaves of the lower plane close or 
rather spaced, oblong- fenrceblke. acute, $~1 lin. long, bright green, 
moderately firm in texture, ore produced on the upper side of 
over the branch; leaves of the upper plane half as long, suborbicular, 
with a very long cusp. Spikes copious, rice }+4 in. long, 1 lin. 
diam. ; bracts very dense, ovate cuspidate 
