TAB. LXXXVI. 



Selaginella Vogelii, Spring. 



Bi-tripedalis, caudice repente, stipite pedali ad sesquipedalem 

 erecto nudiusculo ramisque priinariis stramineo-fusco nitido, 

 fronde stipitis longitudine orbiculari-ovata 3-4-pinnata, 

 pinnis ultimis oblongo-linearibus, foliis horizontaliter pa- 

 tentibus distichis subcoriaceis subsesquilineam longis, 

 primariis longe distantibus ovato-acuminatis, reliquis arete 

 approximatis vix imbricatis lineari-oblongis acutis integer- 

 rimis uninervibus subtus glancis basi inferiore adnata su- 

 periore rotundata-dilatata ; stipulis 4-plo minoribus ovatis 

 longe acuminatis imbricatis, amentis linearibus terminali- 

 bus subtetragonis Iaxis, braoteia ovato-acuminatis subcari- 

 natis erecto-patentibus. 



Selaginella Vogelii, Spring Monogr. Lycop. p. 171. 



Hab. Fernando Po. Vogel, Barter, n. 1044, 1398 ; Mr. Mann, 

 n. 149 ; Isle of Nissobe, East Coast of S. Africa, Boivin. 



Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum enumerated twenty-four 

 species of Lycopodium. The Genus was subsequently pro- 

 perly divided into two, Lycopodium and Selaginella, and the 

 number was increased by Spring, about 20 years ago, to 101 

 species of Lycopodium, and 209 of Selaginella. They are 

 plants of great beauty, the latter genus especially, but noto- 

 riously difficult to be clearly discriminated and characterized, 

 and hence with some reason they have been i:alled the "inde- 

 terminable Lycopodiacece." Our own Herbarium, would now 

 add considerably to the number of species we originally con- 

 tributed to Dr. Spring's Monograph — on the other hand we 

 fear that this able author has needlessly multiplied species. 

 It may be some assistance to future Monographists to give 

 accurate figures. The present is a most lovely plant and ap- 

 parently common in Fernando Po, and as far as we know is 

 only found in that island, and in one spot off the East Coast 

 of Africa. 



Tab. LXXXVI. Caudex, stipes, and portion of a pri- 

 mary branch of Selaginella Vogelii, Spring ; — natural size. 

 Fig 1. Upper side of leaves and stipules : /. 2. Under side 

 of ditto ; /*. 3. Portion of a fertile spike or amentum ; f. 4. 

 Bractea and capsule, and/ - . 5. Capsule ; all magnified. 



