912 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
prea or rather ascending, contiguous on is branchlets, 
Epbsed < on the oy ieee oblong- lanceolate, 1-12th to 1-8th in. long, 
acute, pale n, modera rm in texture, more rounded on the 
ecle 
eye, Horne 157! 
65. 8. cupREssINA Spring’ Mon . 118, ex parte.—Stems trail- 
ing, quadrangular, 8-12 in. long, Seloate on the face, the main 
anching pyramidal, the secondary pinnate, with the ends often 
desuitent, the branches ebuecdtit and beer Leaves of the 
lower plane crowded, oblong-lanceolate, subfalcate, a line long 
light green, the two sides nearly equally rounded at the base, the 
upper sometimes obscurely ciliated, the midrib sulcate so as to 
pair double ; leaves of upper plane half as long, oblong or ovate, 
usp oa Spikes square, }-4 in. long; bracts ‘vais acutely 
Hab. Bourbon. The Asiatic plant placed here ie eg is 
S. biformis A, Br. sae is doubtfully serail from S 
66. 8S. RODRIGUESIA A Baker, Fl. hist 528. cee “trailing, 
slender, pale straw- sloeeeds bisuleate on Ge face, reaching a foot 
in Sorgen often forked low wir are pinnately branched, 
with short cuneate branches, t with 5-7 branchlets. 
Leaves of ay lower plane petty we deleted, oblong, obtuse, 
1-12th to 1-8th in. long, bright green, not so firm in texture as 
S. con tole, more produced on the upper side of the distinct midrib, 
ing, oblong, obtuse, bright green, yr in texture, flat, at most 
- in i 
of the upper plane very small, spaced, ovate, erect, not cuspidate. 
ee very short; bracts ovate, acute, strongly keeled, 4 lin. 
Hab. Eastern ee near Monte Verde, C. Wright 942! A near 
ally of S. Homalie 
68. S. Homan A. Br. in Crypt. New Gran. 358. BF coe! very 
ae eos trailing, angled on the back, much in 
8-6 in. long, with ascending, distant, mostly simple pec 
