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77. 5. pipymostacuya Spring Mon. ii., Pa Fée Fil. Ant. t. 34, 
fig. 4 ; Lycopodium did, renee: yum Desy., L. denudatum H. & G.-- 
Siem trailing, 4-1 ft. long, pyramidal in general outline, often 
forked low down, aie upwards on the face, copiously pinnate, 
oblong, obtuse, 3-1 lin. long, bright green, moderately firm in 
texture, more produced on the upper side of the midrib, eh it is 
cordate at the base and much imbricated over ss stem; leaves o 
the upper plane half as long, ovate, minutely cuspidate. Spikes 
in. long, square, } lin. diam.; bracts ovate, acute, crowded, 
strongly keeled. 
Hab. Mountain woods of Jamaica and San Domingo. There 
is a specimen in the Smithian herbarium from Swartz, from Jamaica, 
of a dwarf variety with sg ra close rigid leaves of the lower 
plane not more than 4 lin. long. 
78. S. guatemalensis, n. sp.—Stems pei about 4 ft. long, 
pyramidal i in ranioeal outline, convex on the face, flat on the back, 
much rounded and imbricated that the branch is quite hidden ; 
leaves of the upper plane a third as long, oblique oblong-lanceolate, 
shortly cuspidate. Spikes square, }~} in. long, 3-1 lin. diam. ; 
bracts ovate-lanceolate, prone strongly keeled. 
Hab. In eres at Coban, Salvin & Godman! In Nicaragua 
at Chontales, R. 7 
79. &. 
branched, wit ing branches. Leaves of the lower 
plane s reading: or ascending close, oblong- — eerie 
1-12th to 1-8th in. long, moderately firm in texture, much mo 
cated. Spikes copious, square, }~1 in. long, 1 esces 
ovate, acute, much imbricated, strongly keeled. 
Hab. British Guiana, Appun! Drake! Amazon Valley, Spruce 
204 inas Geraes, Lindberg! Habit of S. flewuosa, from which 
it recedes by the very cordate upper base of the leaves ‘of the lower 
plane. Spruce 4781, from the Rio Negro, comes midway between 
from the type by its narrower and more decidedly acute leaves of 
the ras plane, which are also ge cordate on the upper side at 
the bas 
‘6. guyanensis Spring Mon. ii., 184.-Stems decumbent, 
above a foot long, pine copiously ‘pinnate, the -branches but 
little compound. Leaves of the lower plane spreading, linear- 
oblong, middle-sized, os three times as long as broad, 
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