118 The Philippine Journal of Science 1916 
Representing: Equisetum amboinicum arboreum squamatum ( sive 
foliatum) Rumph. Herb. Amboin. VI, 91, tab. XLI, fig. 1. 
Distrib. : Malaya. 
LYCOPODIUM CARINATUM Desv. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 3 (1813) 555; 
v. A. v. R. Mai. Fern All. 36. 
Aboina, Amahoesoe, Rel. Robins. 1973, August 30, 1913, on trees at low 
altitudes, locally known as bunga ranti. 
In habit this specimen resembles very much Lycopodium laxum Presl 
(non Spring) , but the leaves are longer and not rigid. 
Distrib.: Tropical Asia to Polynesia. 
SELAGINELLACEAE 
SELAGINELLA Linnaeus 
SELAGINELLA ROBINSONI! v. A. v. R. sp. nov. 
Heterophyllum, Monostelicae, Intertextae. — S. brevipinnae v. 
A. v. R. affinis. Caules decumbentes, repentes, dichotomi vel 
subpinnati, probabiliter caespitosi, graciles, usque ad 0.5 mm 
crassi, straminei, in sicco irregulariter sulcati, foliis lateralibus 
inclusis 3.5 ad 4 mm lati ; caules secundarii pinnati ; pinnae remo- 
tae, obliquae, simplices, furcatae vel subpinnatae; ramuli ultimi 
usque ad ± 6 mm longi, 1.5 ad 2.25 mm lati. Folia heteromor- 
pha; folia lateralia patentia remotaque; lateralia caulina late 
ovata, 1.75 ad 2.25 mm longa, usque ad 1.5 mm lata, valde inaequi- 
latera, obtusa vel obtusiuscula, supra minute (sed sat copiose) 
papilloso-puberula, semifacie superiore apicem versus obsolete 
serrulata, ceterum serrulata et basin late rotundato-cordatam 
versus sensim ciliata, semifacie inferiore subintegerrima vel 
obsolete serrulata, ad basin anguste rotundato-cordatam saepe 
parce ciliolato-serrulata, costa in § supra basin evanescente; 
lateralia ramulorum ultimorum usque ad 1.5 mm longa, minus 
inaequilatera, magis remote serrulata et ciliata, basi superiore 
rotundato-cuneata, basi inferiore rotundata; folia intermedia 
erecta; intermedia caulina remota, ovata usque ad 1 mm longa, 
longe acuminata ad cuspidata, subcarinata, semifacie exteriore 
minute serrulata, basi producta et rotundato-subcordata, semi- 
facie interiore ciliata, basi rotundata vel rotundato-cuneata ; 
intermedia ramulorum ultimorum minora, contigua. Spicae soli- 
tariae vel 2-nae, 4 ad 6 mm longae, 2 ad 2.5 mm latae; sporo- 
phylla lateralia patentia, subremota, lanceolata, breviter subapi- 
culato-acuminata, supra glabra vel breviter puberula, carinata, 
margine superiore carinaque remote ciliata; sporophylla inter- 
media erecta, imbricata, ovata, longe acuminata, proportione 
longi-ciliata ; sporae .... (microsporae juveniles flavidae vel 
aurantiacae, minute verruculosae). 
