TAB. LXXXIII. 



Selaginella Spkucei, Hook. 



Semipedalis ad pedalem, caule inferne repente stolonifero 

 superne ascendente pinnatim ramoso, ramis seu pinnis 

 elongatis arete foliosis obtusis 6-9 lineas latis, foliis hori- 

 zontalibus lingulato-oblongis obtusis uninerviis minute ser- 

 rulatis basi superiore dilatato-rotundatis, stipulis triplo 

 minoribus ovatis acuminatis subfalcatis erectis imbricatis, 

 amentis copiosis omnino lateralibus unciam sesquiunciam 

 longis flexuosis sutetragonis ssepissime deflexis, bracteis 

 ovatis subacuminatis paululum carinatis. 



Hab. On a mountain called Campana, near Tarapoto, Eastern 

 Peru, R. Spruce, n. 4623. 



Tbis, I have reason to believe, is quite new, and certainly 

 a most lovely species, wortby of bearing the name of so dis- 

 tinguished a traveller and so able a Botanist, as its discoverer, 

 Mr. Richard Spruce. Its nearest affinity is perhaps with 

 S. Breynii, Spring. 



Tab. LXXXIII. Upper portion of a plant of Selaginella 

 Sprucei, Hook. ; nat. size. Fig. 1. Upper side of a portion 

 of a branch, with leaves, stipules and a spike or amentum ; 

 magnified, f. 2. Leaf; more magnified, f. 3. Bractea and 

 capsule, and/. 4. Spores; more magnified. 



Cent. 2. T. 83, 



