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distinct cusp. Spikes short, half-line diameter, square ; bracts 
ovate, acute, membranous, strongly ciliated, sharply keeled. 
S. tectissima. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1884, 89. 
Magalisberg Mountains, Transvaal, along with the plant 
mentioned under S'. integerrima (Sanderson).” 
No further specimen or record has been seen by us. 
214. Selaginella Mackenii Baker. 
(Description from Baker’s Fern Allies , page 67.) 
“ Stems filiform, trailing, intermatted, three to four inches 
long, sulcate both on back and face, forked low down, the 
few pinnate ascending branches simple or little compound. 
Leaves of the lower plane spreading, contiguous on the 
branchlets, spaced on the main stem, oblong, subacute, one- 
twelfth inch long, pale green, membranous, more produced 
on the upper side of the mid-rib, cordate and shortly ciliated, 
and a little imbricated over the stem on the upper side at 
the base ; leaves of the upper plane half as long, oblique- 
ovate, acute, not cuspidate. Spikes very short, square, one 
line diameter ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, membranous, strongly 
keeled. 
S'. Mackenii. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1884, 89. 
Banks of Tugela River, Natal (Gerrard and McKen, 237). 
A near ally of N. integerrimaJ 
No further specimen or record has been seen by us. 
215. Selaginella Cooperi Baker. 
(Description from Baker’s Fern A Hies, page 68.) 
“ Stems intermatted, trailing, filiform, two to three inches 
long, flat on the back, bisulcate on the face, the few erecto- 
patent branches sparingly compound. Leaves of the lower 
plane contiguous and ascending on the branches, rather spaced 
and spreading on the main stem, oblong, acute, one-twelfth 
inch long, membranous, rather unequal sided, cordate, and 
strongly ciliated and imbricated over the stem on the upper 
side at the base ; leaves of the upper side half as long, ovate, 
