4 
A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 241 
Hab. Frequent in South Brazil Gaudichaud! Glaziou 7498! 
7965! &e. I cannot separate specifically the Peruvian S. applanata 
A. Br. (Lechler 2405!). The Buenos Ayres S. radiata, Spring, is 
ot this species; but Aublet’s Guianan Lycopodium radiatum, 
which there is a type specimen at the British Museum, is 
8. ooh peadiaa Spring 
pikendcgie Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 4, vol. xiii., 65.— 
Stem auitirely trailing, slender, a foot long, bisulcate on the face, 
copi iousty pinnately branched, the branches with several short, 
s of lo 
towards the base, the uppe rca produced at the base and 
imbricated over the resin leaves of the ae plane oblique, 
ovate, $ as long, minutely suspidate, " Gligiell Spikes }-+ in. long, 
square, } lin. ge bracts ovate, acute, strongly keeled. 
Hab. of New Gra: nada, Karsten, Triana. Eastern Peru, 
on ae Guayrapurima near 5 Maracet Spruce 4024! A near ally 
of S. B 
‘ icuspis, n. sp.—Stems rene in. long, entirely trail- 
ing, terete on aha face, flat or rather sulcate on the back, pyramidal 
n r 
general outline, wit few e Gaia nt slightly compound 
branches. Leaves of the lower plane spreading, close on the 
branches, rather spaced on the stem, oblong-lanceolate, 
subacute, 1-12th to 1-8th in. long, bright green, and moderately 
firm in texture, a distinct gras oblique, obscurely ciliated and 
rounded on the upper side at the base, a little imbricated over the 
branch ; leaves of upper plane } as ep ovate, with a cusp as long 
ina. Spikes short, square, } lin. diam. ; bracts ovate, 
d. 
foot long, flat orp the back, bis ae on the face, copiously 
pinnately branched, the central branches with 5-7 short pinnately 
arranged branchlets. Leaves of the lower plane spreading, crowded, 
linear-oblong, 4-4 in. long, obtuse - obscurely pointed at 
the upper corner, dark green, moderately in texture, the 
distinet midrib nearly central, the upper ain strongly anused and 
rather produced at the base, and a little imbricated over the 
branch; leaves of the upper plane } as long, o “ge i 
distinctly ee connivent, ciliated. ong, 
square, }-} lin. diam.; bracts Seateaisicolute: mi strongly 
keeled 
Hab. Guiana and Brazil, especially in the Amazon os 
According to A. Braun, Haenke’s plant from the Corduleras of 
Chili—referred to Breynii by Sriina, S. sine ots ki Br, in ‘Gee 
R 
