944 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
nearly ae serrulate, subcordate and shortly ciliated on 
the upper side at the base; leaves of the upper os very small, 
cordate ovate, ie a ee cusp. Spikes square, } in. long; bracts 
ovate cuspidate, strongly keeled. 
Hab. French Guiana, Leprieur. A i ally of S. Gardneri. 
81. S. Garpnert Spring Mon. i., ; S. geminata Fee 
Bras. Suppl. oe honk 108, ae 4,——Stems a ft. long, decumbent 
thro at, ent in the upper half, aig pinnate, 
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moderately stent: flat on the Sock convex on the face, the ascending 
branches copiously flabellate-pinnate. Leaves of the lower plane 
spreading, slightly spaced, nearly oblong, subobtuse, 1-12th to 1-8th 
in. long, dark green, firm in texture, minutely ciliated on both sides, 
porta cordate on the upper side at the base and much imbricated 
over the stem; leaves of the upper plane half as long, imbricated, 
oblique ovate, with a distinct cusp. Spikes }-4 in. long, 1 lin 
diam., square; bracts ovate- bee een) strongly keeled. 
Hab. Organ Mountains, Gardner 5958 ! Glaziou 44841! 7282! 
In the type the root-fibres are eaitaed to the nodes of the lower 
part of the stem. S. ericoides Fée Fil. Bras. 228, tab. 75, fig. 2, is 
a decumbent variety with shorter leaves, and root- fibres extending 
to the upper nodes ; and S. macrostachya Spring Me ii., 183, is a 
lees form, with unusually — ge (4-1 in. long). 
82. 8. riexvosa Spring Mon LBL 5 8, bella Fée Fil. Bras. 
saya 100, t. 108, fig. 8; Lyiouuaban stolonife um Radd. Fil. Bras. 
‘2: L. brasiliense Desy.—Stems about a foot long, flat on the 
back, subterete on the face, seeetaegs branched, the lower branches 
elongate and copiously compound, the upper part assurgent an 
root-fibres often only dev aiypet: sie the lower half. Leaves of 
the lower plane er spreading, bright green, oblong-rhomboidal, 
subacute, 3} in. long, moderately firm in texture, more produced 
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alongcusp. Spikes 4-1 in. long, square, 3—1 lin. diam. ; bracts 
ovate-lanceolate, } lin. long, sided sharply keeled. 
Hab. Common in South Brazil. 
83. S. Seemanni, n. sp.—Stems trailing, about a e songs the 
root-fibres not extending to the upper nodes, 1-2- on the 
face, flat or terete on the back, dycstuidad in cout aac 
copiously pinnate, the lower branches elongated, copiously co 
pound. Leaves of the lower plane crowded on the Son lela: 
spreading or rather ascending, oblong- laiaaeiady: acute, 1-12th 
to 1-8th in. long, moderately firm in texture, rather more produced 
on the upper side of the distinct midrib, broadly rounded and 
ciliated at the base, and a little imbricated over the branch; 
leaves of the upper plane a third as long, eh a imbricated, shoitly 
ran. Spikes short, copious, 1— i diam., not sharply 
uare; bracts ovate- lanceolate, 4 lin line 
Hab. Cacaqua, New Granada, Seemann 1006! A near ally 
of S. flexuosa. 
(To be continued.) 
