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S. africana has its foliage arranged in a dense frond-like manner, on stems ift. high. 

 S. albo-nitens, a slender trailing bright green plant. S.apoda forms a dense Moss-like mass, iin. 

 or 2in. high. S. atroviridis, dark metallic green, ift. high. S. caulescens, the branches 

 pushed out in a regular manner from one central crown, being thus distinct from most 

 of the others. A small form is known as S. caulescens minor. S. cuspidata, a tufted 

 kind, produces its branches after the manner of S. caulescens. S. Emiliana, a regular Fern-like 

 plant, with branches or fronds, 6in. to gin. long, and of a bright green. It is one of the best of 

 all, and is largely grown for the same purposes as some of the Ferns. 



S. erythropus grows about 6in. high, and is remarkable for its red stems. S. flabellata, 

 a plant of large growth, 2ft. high, with fan-shaped branches or fronds. S. grandis is remarkable 

 for its broad frond-like branches, and is the most massive of all the Selaginellas. S. inaequalifolia 



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forms a freely branched specimen, 2ft. or 3ft. high. S. involvens, a regular-growing kind only 

 a few inches high ; it pushes out all its branches from one central crown. S. Kraussiana, a 

 universal favourite, grown by thousands in many nurseries. Its trailing stems are of a 

 delightful shade of rich green. The variety aurea is of a golden hue, and in variegata the tips 

 of the young shoots are white. S. lepidophylla is the Resurrection Plant of North America. It 

 forms a tufted mass 6in. or so across. S. Lobbi reaches a height of 3ft., and its broad 

 flattened branches are of an intensely rich shade of green. S. Martensi, a freely branched kind 

 that forms a compact specimen, 9m. to ift. high, very easily grown, and popular as a decorative 

 plant. The variety variegata has white foliage interspersed with green. S. Poulteri is a small 

 dense-growing kind, and a very pretty one, S. rubella, which grows about ift. high, has 

 reddish stems, and the leaves also change to that hue when old. S. serpens, also known as 



