TAB. LXXXV. 



Selaginella densifolia, Spruce. 



Quadri-sexuncialis, procumbens, subcoriacea, nitidissima (sub- 

 tus prcecipue) bipinnatim ramosa copiose flagellifero-radi- 

 cans, ramis lato-linearibus siccitate supra canaliculars sub- 

 tus convexis \\-2 lin. latis apice fructiferis, foliis dense 

 irnbricatis patentibus oblongis obtusis inajquilateralibua 

 uninerviis serratis inferne ciliatis basi superiore dilatatis 

 rotundatis, stipulis parvulis ovatis acuminatis irnbricatis, 

 amentia terminalibus solitariis vel binis semiunciam longis, 

 bracteis irnbricatis ovatis acuminatis serratis. 



Selaginella densifolia, Spruce, msl. in Herb, nostr. 



Hab. Cerro de Morro, in shady moist places of the River 

 Orinoco, R. Spruce, n. 3809. 



A small but extremely elegant species, remarkable for its 

 very compact, densely imbricated and glossy foliage, dark 

 green above, pale beneath ; and for the copious flagelliform 

 roots, which descend from the underside of the plant. 



Tab. LXXXV. Plant of Selaginella densifolia, Spruce; 

 natural size. Fig. 1. Apex of a branch with its amentum. 

 f. 2. Stipules and leaves seen from above; and/ - . 3. Leaves 

 seen from beneath; magnified, f. 4. Single leaf, and f. 5. 

 Bractea, with antheridium ; — more magnified. 



Ceki. 2. T. 85. 



