942, A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA, 
ney Gran. 857, Lycopodium atrovirens Presl in Rel. Haenk. i. 79, 
2, fig. 2, non Wall.—is a distinct species, marked by leaves of 
ihe as eas auricled on the upper side at the base, and leaves 
of the upper plane with a caudate auricle on the outer side at the 
b 
ascending branches cuneate, with 8-7 short flabellate branchlets. 
Leaves of the lower plane oo Siding. ovate- lanceolate, acute, 
1-12th to 1-8th in. long, bright green, moderately firm in texture, 
the midrib distinct, the base on the upper side obscurely ciliated, 
dilated with a large auricle both laterally and downwards, so that 
- those of the leaves of the opposite sides of the branch wrap over 
mg gral leaves of the upper plane } as long, oblique-ovate, with 
hort cusp. Spikes short, square, 1 lin. diam.; bracts ovate- 
sete strongly keeled. 
Hab. North Brazil, in moist caatingas near Panuré, Spruce 
2502! General habit near that of S. Breynii, but leaves very 
araat in shape. 
. caLosticHa Spring Mon. ii. 206.—Stem trailing, rather 
rigid, about a span long, strongly angled on both faces, pinnately 
branched, the branches little compound. Leaves of the Oe plane 
crowded, far lanceolate, subacute, 1-5th in. long, — g,8 
rigid, not ciliated, the midrib subcentral, the base of the upper 
side eee and a little dilated; leaves ‘of the ona plane § as 
long, ovate-lanceolate, with a long cusp. Spikes short, square ; 
bracts ovate-lanceolate. 
Hab. Mountains of oe at 5000 feet, Funk & Schlim 3821. 
75. 8. penstrousa Spruce in Hook. 2 Cent. Ferns, t. 85.— 
4-6 in. long, decumbent, cane at the tip, copiously pinnate, Dass 
<a sparingly compound branches. Leaves of the 
- bo ahs on the branches and main stem, oblong 
upper plane } as long, ovate, acute, not cuspidate, much imbricate 
eee short, square, 4 lin. diam.; bracts acute- lanceolate, strongly 
Hab. On the Orinoco, in damp sha rro de 
Morro, Spruce 8809 ! : ss ate 
76. S. penupara Spring Mon. ii., 84; Lycopodium denwlatum 
Willd.—Stems tr — a span long, subterete, striated, neue arly 
branched, the very flaccid branches laxly ‘sparingly bra 
Leaves of the lower plane crowded towards the tip of the crete 
spaced on the stem, ovate, subobtuse, a line long, horizo nes 
rather rigid in texture, not ciliated, subequilateral, subcordate on 
both sides at the base; those of the upper plane but little cmaticd. 
— acute. Spikes short, square; bracts ovate-lanceolate, strongly 
Hab. Jamaica, Swartz. I have not seen this. 
