210 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
Mil loc. cit.) quotes, only to decide against them, t 
rene that t this species is a hybrid, between A. septen i ional 
TAS A, septentrion tionale and A. Trichom The two latter ferns 
both se in Northern India,* but me: one se the three supposed 
progenitors of A. germanicum has, to my pga been yet 
eaeaal from either Hongkong or South Chin 
A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA 
yx J. G. Baxer, F.RB.S., &c. 
(Continued from p, 145). 
58. S. azorieca, n. sp.—Stems trailing, rooting nearly up to the 
tip, continuous, ye in. long, with several short slightly compound 
branches. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous on the branches, 
oblique oblong, aaa equilateral, acute, 4 in. long, rounded at the 
base, serrulate from base to apex along both margins, moderately 
in texture, bright green; leaves of the upper plane much 
imbricated, more than half a s long as the others, oblique oblong- 
lanceolate, cordate on the outer side at the base. Spikes not yet 
Hab. Mountains of the au Ar ruda Furtado! Lately 
strongly ee and much imbricated over the stem on the upper 
side at ase ; leaves of the upper plane a third as long, sb ents 
little seaweed: Spikes }-} in. long, 1 lin. diam., not regularly 
square ; bracts lanceolate-deltoid, a line long 
Hab. Cape, Thunberg, Menzies! Ovikhige Free State, Com 
Natal, McKen! This is quite nae from the European S. d 
culata, with which Spring combines 
60. 8. habit Spring Mon. ii. “Ot. — Stems trailing, cespi- 
se, 8-6 in. long, pale straw-coloured, terete below, flat on the 
faces inpiousila: ara ae branched, ‘the flabellately compound 
branches under a. n inch long. Leaves of the lower plane ovate, 
e 
wn 
Hab. Central Madagascar, near Antananarivo, Goudot. This 
* C. B. Clarke, l. c. pp. 477, 478. 
