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warm moist corner should 

 be found for this species, 

 which is not one of the 

 freest growers ; in an or- 

 dinary stove it seldom 

 thrives satisfactorily. Bor- 

 neo and Fiji. 

 S. viridangula — another of 

 the arborescent species, 

 with stems four feet in 



length, semi-erect, and 

 long lance-shaped pinnae 

 a foot or more in length, 

 by which it may be easily 

 distinguished from S. 

 canaliculata, to which 

 species it is otherwise 

 similar. Fiji. 

 S. viticulosa — a caulescent 

 species not very distinct 



species, there is also the 

 remarkable iridescent lus- 

 tre of its foliage, which 

 never fails to excite admi- 

 ration. It branches freely, 

 so that by pinching out 

 the tips of the stems it 

 may be induced to grow 

 into a compact shrubby 

 specimen. A Selaginella 



which produces stems 

 twenty-five feet or more 

 long, branches freely, and 

 bears large, graceful, 

 beautifully-cut fronds of 

 a singular metallic lustre, 

 ought not to be over- 

 looked when forming even 

 the smallest collection of 

 stove plants. East Indies. 



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V. 



Selaginella Grandis. 



from S. erythropus. Tro- 

 pical South America. 

 S. Wallichii — the best 

 known among the arbore- 

 scent kinds and one of the 

 handsomest and easiest to 

 grow. It has erect, rather 

 stout stems, about three 

 feet long ; lance-shaped 

 pinnae about nine inches 

 in length, these pinnae 

 or branches being ar- 



ranged alternately upon 

 the stem ; they are of a 

 very dark green colour 

 when the plant is in good 

 health, and when covered 

 with their freely produced 

 fringes of fruit-spikes 

 they are most attractive. 

 East Indies. 

 S. "Wildenovii— in addition 

 to the extraordinary 

 length of frond in this 



Sub-Tropical Species. 

 Eor these a temperature of 60° — 70° in summer, 

 and one of 50° — 55" in winter, will afford sufficient 

 warmth. They may he grown along with such 

 plants as Cattleyas or Begonias, which usually are 

 treated as "intermediate" plants. 



S. albo-nitens — a dwarf com- 

 pact - growing Moss - like 



plant, 

 group 



belonging to the 

 of quick-growing 



