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834 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
89. S. Fendleri, n. sp. — Stems sraaling, about a foot on 
terete on the back, bisuleate on the face, the root-fibres n 
extending to the upper nodes, copiously pinnate, the short eee 
patent branches with several short pinnately arranged branchlets. 
more produced on the upper side of the midrib, where it is rather 
cordate at the base, strongly ciliated and a little imbricated over 
the branch; leaves of the upper plane one-third as long, oblique 
ovate, with a short cusp. Spikes copious, square, }-} in. long, 
lin. diam. — crowded, ovate euspidate, ‘nisi -Keeled. 
a, at Chagre es, Fendler 8 = 
90. S. na eg n. sp. — Stem railing, 6-9 in. long, 
nearly flat on both faces, ake: root fibres sid sabes to the upper 
nodes, — pinnate, the branches erecto-patent, the general 
outline Saar oom lower branches elongated and copiously 
compoun Lea f the lower plane spaced, except towards the 
top of rate bamadbdats,. oblique ovate, acute, 1-12th to : i in. long, 
coor green and moderately firm in texture, much m roduced 
n the upper side of the distinct midrib, the upper =edise “shortly 
ciliated towards the base, which is very cordate and much imbri- 
cated over the branch; leaves of the upper plane one-half as long, 
oblique ovate, with a lo ong cusp. Spikes }-} in. long, 1 lin. diam., 
not sharply square; bracts ovate cuspidate, strongly kee 
ms io Janeiro, a 4501! A near ally of S. substipitata. 
audorhiza, n. sp. — Stems trailing, above a foot long, 
es, a and whip- like at the tip, deeply sulcate on the face, 
flat on the back, copioanly pinnately branched, the branches 
erecto-patent, the upper ones short, the lower elongated and 
copiously compound. Leaves of the lower plane oblong-lanceolate 
n the branches, 
ascending, nearly equal on both si ides of the distinet midrib, 
much ‘atadonted: Spikes copious, ete ofs . lon , + ln 
a "ibaa as if lateral; bracts ovate- iesseeohns liongty ‘Keoled;. 
b. Surinam, Hostma ann 8! Allied to fauciwm and semi- 
92. §. oneissima Baker in Trimen Journ. 1881, 208, — Stems 
gt a _leng th of 2 ft. or more, the deltoid branches 6-9 in. 
ng, Wi gs. oe e upper and slightly compound lower 
branchlets, the uliinbate divisions 2-24 in. long. Leaves of the 
lower plane close, des) attached, ovate-oblong, acute, 4 in 
he upper 
ovate, nearly cone obscurely cuspidate. Spikes terminal on the 
branchlets, squa 1-2 in. long, 1 lin. diam.; bracts ovate- 
lanceolate, Sate patch, strongly keeled. 
Hab. New Granada; Antioquia, 3000 feet, in forests, Kalbreyer 
1815! 
