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stipe, and containing, like the first, an ochraceous powder. The 

 oophoridia contain 3 cream-coloured, round, rough-pitted globules. 



13. Selaginella sua vis, Spring. 



Selaginella suavis, Spring, in Endl. & Mart. Fl. Brasil. 1, p. 231 (excl. syn. Gaud.), 

 & Mem. Acad. Brux. 24, p. 216. 



Hab. On the Organ Mountains, Brazil. 



This is closely allied to the preceding species, but is readily distin- 

 guished by its smaller size and more compact habit ; the articulations 

 of the stems not so evident; the stipules more imbricated, and the 

 awn at the point longer ; the roots shorter and axillary. 



14. Selaginella denticulata, Link. 



Selaginella denticulata, Link, Spec. ML Hort. Berol. p. 159; Spring, in Mem. Acad. 



Brux. 24, p. 82. 

 Lycopodium denticulatum, Linn. Spec. PI. p. 1569; Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 183; Willd. 



Spec. PL 5, p. 34 ; Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 17. 

 L. depressum, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 185 & 412 ; Willd. Spec. PL 5, p. 36. 



Hab. Island of Madeira. 



x- * Spicce compressai, secundai, squamis dimorphis. 



15. Selaginella myosuroides, Spring. 



Selaginella myosuroides, Spring, in Mem. Acad. Brux. 24, p. 236. 

 Lycopodium myosuroides, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 19. 



Hab. Philippine Islands : on mountains, near Banos, Luzon. 



Plant from 2 to 5 inches high, much branched : branches flexuose, 

 somewhat erect, sparsely beset with leaves near the base, where a few 

 axillary slender roots are produced ; the branchlets short, each bear- 



