TAB. L XXXVI. 
Selaginella. Vogelii, Spring. 
Bi-tripedalis, caudice repente, stipite pedali ad sesquipedalem 
erecto nudiusculo ramisque primariis stramineo-fusco nitido 
fronde stipitis longitudine orbiculari-ovata 3-4-pinnata’ 
pinnis ultimis oblongo-linearibus, foliis horizontaliter p a - 
tentibus distichis subcoriaceis subsesquilineam longis, 
primariis longe distantibus ovato-acuminatis, reliquis arete 
approximate vix imbricatis lineari-oblongis. acutis integer- 
rimis uninervibus subtus glancis basi inferiore adnata su- 
periore rotundata-dilatata ; stipulis 4-plo minoribus ovatis 
longe acuminatis imbricatis, amentis linearibus terminali- 
bus subtetragonis laxis, bracteis ovato-acuminatis subcari- 
natis erecto-patentibus. 
Selaginella Vogelii, Spring Monogr. Lycop. p. 171. 
Hab. Fernando Po. Vogel, Barter, n . 1044, 1398 ; Mr. Mann, 
n. 149 ; Isle of Nissobe, East Coast of S. Africa, Boivin. 
Tinmens in his Species Plantarum enumerated twenty-four 
species of Lycopodium. The Genus was subsequently pro- 
perly divided into two, Lycopodium and Selaginella , and the 
number was increased by Spring, about 20 years ago, to 101 
species of Lycopodium, and 209 of Selaginella. They are 
plants of great beauty, the latter genus especially, but noto- 
riously difficult to be clearly discriminated and characterized, 
and hence with some reason they have been called the “inde- 
terminable Lycopodia cecuT Our own Herbarium, would now 
add considerably to the number of species we originally con- 
tributed to Dr. Spring’s Monograph — on the other hand we 
fear that this able author has needlessly multiplied species. 
It may be some assistance to future Monographists to give 
accurate figures. The present is a most lovely plant and ap- 
parently common in Fernando Po, and as far as we know is 
only found in that island, and in one spot off the East Coast 
of Africa. 
Tab. LXXXVI. Caudex, stipes, and portion of a pri- 
mary branch of Selaginella Vogelii, Spring ; — natural size. 
Fig. 1. Upper side of leaves and stipules \ f. 2. Under side 
of ditto ; f. 3. Portion of a fertile spike or amentum ; f 4. 
Bractea and capsule, and f. 5 . Capsule ; all magnified. 
Cent 2. T, 86. 
