Descriptions of the Species. 
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B. angolensis. Cilia fifteen to twenty, hair-point more than quarter 
the length of the lamina ; yellowish. 
7. recur va. A. Br. MS. Glaucous, prostrate but not adpressed ; point 
of the leaves recurved. Cilia, ten to fifteen, spreading. Arista flattened, 
ciliate or toothed. 
A. Dregeana. A. Br. MS. =var. Dregei, Milde. Leaves narrow, 
bristle-ciliated below. 
B. Welwitschiana. A. Br. MS. Leaves wider, much recurved, 
bristle-toothed below. 
Widely distributed in temperate regions, or on mountains in 
the tropics. In South Africa from 2000 to 6000 feet alt. Not 
recorded from West, but doubtless present on some of the rocky 
mountains of that region. 
East. — Algoa Bay (Lehmann). 
Kaff. — Windvogelsberg (Baur.), Katberg, 4000 to 5 000 feet 5 an( l 
Witbergen, 5000 to 6000 feet (Drege), between Omsamvuba and 
Omsamcabo, 2000 feet (Drege), top of Dohne Hill, Bolasse, S.W. of 
King William’s Town. 
Natal. — (Plant), Umzinyati Falls, Inanda (Buch.). 
Transvaal. — Houtbosch (Dr. Rehmann, 557 ^)- 
168. Selaginella depressa. A. Braun. 
(Description from Baker’s Fern Allies, page 50.) 
“ Stems matted, trailing, two to three inches long, with a few, 
mostly simple, branches. Leaves of the lower plane spaced, 
spreading, oblong-lanceolate, subacute, flat, moderately firm in 
texture, one-twelfth inch long, more produced on the upper side of 
the distinct mid-rib, very cordate, strongly ciliated and much 
imbricated over the stem on the upper side at the base ; leaves of 
the upper plane a third as long, ovate, little imbricated. Spikes 
a quarter to a-half inch long, one line diameter, not regularly 
square ; bracts lanceolate-deltoid, a line long. 
Selaginella depressa. A. Braun. 
S. denticulata. Spring (exparte). 
Lycopodium depressum. Sw. 
