TAB. LXXXV. 
Selaginella densifolia, Spruce. 
Quadri-sexuncialis, procumbens, subcoriacea, nitidissima (sub- 
tus prcecipue) bipinnatim ramosa copiose flagellifero-iadi- 
cans, ramis lato-linearibus siccitate supra canaliculatis sub- 
tus convexis 1J-2 lin. latis apice fructiferis, foliis dense 
imbricatis patentibus oblongis obtusis inmquilateralibus 
uninerviis serratis infeme ciliatis basi superiore dilatatis 
rotundatis, stipulis parvulis ovatis acuminatis imbricatis, 
amentis tenninalibus solitariis vel binis semiunciam longis, 
bracteis imbricatis ovatis acuminatis serratis. 
Selaginella densifolia, Spruce, mst. in Herb, nostr. 
Hab. Cerro de Morro, in shady moist places of the River 
Orinoco, R ■ Spruce, n. 8809. 
A small but extremely elegant species, remarkable for its 
very compact, densely imbricated and glossy foliage, dark 
green above, pale beneath ; and for the copious flagelliform 
roots, which descend from the underside of the plant. 
Tab. LXXXY. Plant of Selaginella densifolia, Spruce; 
natural size. Fig. 1. Apex of a branch with its amentum. 
f. 2. Stipules and leaves seen from above ; and^f. 3. Leaves 
seen from beneath ; magnified, f. 4. Single leaf, and f. 5. 
Bractea, with antheridium ; — more magnified. 
Cent. 2. t. 85, 
