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Hab. Philippine Islands; in the neighbourhood of Banos Luzon. 



Stem angular, one to H feet in length, slender, flaccid, creeping, 

 pubescent on the under side; the primary branches short and spread- 

 ing, once or twice divided in a dichotomous manner. Leaves crowded, 

 about a line long, of a dark green on the upper, and of a silvery hue 

 on the under surface, oblong-lanceolate, slightly falcate and somewhat 

 acute, the margin entire, the base oblique, contracted and rounded, 

 the superior half ciliate, the nerve on the upper side narrow and 

 slightly raised, while underneath it is broader and more elevated, 

 and furnished with a shallow groove along its middle. Stipules from 

 one-third to one-fourth the size of the leaves, ovate or oblong, con- 

 tracted rather abruptly into a short and awn-like point, which is 

 bent inwards, partially keeled on the upper side ; the base oblique, 

 slightly cordate, the margin spinulose-serrate. Spikes 3 to 6 lines 

 long, quadrangular ; the scales of a pale green colour, somewhat effect, 

 ovate, acuminate, slightly cordate at the base, their margin finely 

 and sharply serrate ; the centre marked with a greenish keel on the 

 outer or under side. Antheridia oblong-ovate; the powder orange- 

 coloured. Oophoridia wanting. 



12. Selaginella sulcata, Spring. 



Selaginella sulcata, Spring, in Endl. & Mart. Fl. Brasil. 1, p. 230, & Mem. Acad. 



Brux. 24, p. 214. 

 Lycopodium sulcatum, Desv. in Lam. Diet. Suppl. 3, p. 549. 

 L. marginatum, Gaud. Bot. Freye. Voy. p. 286. 

 L. plumosum, Velloz. Fl. Fluin. 11, t. 113. 

 L. stoloniferum, Hort. 



Hab. In the vicinity of Rio Janeiro, and in the Organ Mountains, 

 Brazil. 



This is a plant of very frequent occurrence in thickets of bushes 

 and open forest lands, where it forms large patches ; the long, leafy, 

 branching, articulated stems, raised from the ground on extra-axillary 

 roots, of from 2 to 4 inches in length. The spikes are solitary, 5 to 

 10 lines long, four-angled, and bear, besides the normal ovate-oblong 

 antheridia, one or two of a larger size, situated near the base of the 



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