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THE FERNS OF SOUTH AFRICA 
five on a plant without branches, and names it L . repens Sw. 
There are several forms of this species, and ours is L. sarco- 
caulon Welw., distinguished by its very large side leaves. 
L. carolinianum. Linn. Sp. ; Kunze, Linnaea , io, 485 ; Pappe and 
Rawson, 48; Baker, Fern Allies , 28; Kuhn, Fil. Apr. 183; Sim, 
Ferns of S. Afr ., 1st ed., 246. 
L. repe?is Sw. Schl. Adum . 5, tab. 4. 
L. sarcocaulon A. Br. Welw. MS.; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 210 (described). 
L. ambiguum Schrad. Schl. Adu 7 n. 8 ; Pappe and Rawson, 53 
Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 183. 
L. ericetorum. Schrad. Gott. Gel. Anz. 1818, 920. 
Widely distributed ; growing in open swampy sloping 
ground where water is constantly running. 
West. — Lion’s Mountain (Rev. Hesse) ; Attaquaskloof and Swellen- 
dam (Mund); Hottentot’s Holland, and Montagu’s Pass (E. and Z.); 
Lowry’s Pass, Caledon (MacOwan); near Tulbagh (Dr Marloth) ; 
Cedarberg, Kloofsberg (Drege) ; and Burchell’s No. 8091 ; Lange- 
bergen, near Zuurbraak (R. Schl. 2152); Wellington, Bain’s Kloof 
(Miss Doidge). 
East. — Howison’s Poort, Grahamstown (MacOwan). 
Kaff. — Between Omsamcaba and Omsamwobo (Drege) ; Evelyn 
Valley, 4000 feet alt. (T. R. Sim). 
Natal. — Head of Bay of Natal, Inanda heights, Umpumulo (Bu- 
chanan) ; Windy Hills, Noodsberg (T. R. Sim). 
Transvaal. — Magalisberg (Burke, Kuhn); Rosehaugh (J. M. Sim). 
Rhodesia. — Matopo Hills, 5000 ft (F. Eyles, 51; Miss Gibbs, 231). 
ORDER VII. SELAGINELLACEAE. 
Genus 58. SELAGINELLA Spring. 
Plants very similar in habit to some species of Lycopodium, 
in which genus this was formerly included, and from which it 
is distinguished by having dimorphous spores and sporangia. 
Many species have procumbent rooting stems ; some have 
erect stems from spreading rhizomes, others have the stems 
proceeding from a crown, while a few are annual, and erect 
or procumbent. In almost all the species the leaves are 
distichous and dimorphous, though in a few the leaves are all 
alike and produced all round the stem. Sporangia one-celled, 
