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The Ferns of South Africa. 
1 7 1. Selaginella tectissima. Baker. 
(Description from Baker’s Fern Allies, page 67.) 
“ Stems filiform, trailing, intermatted, flat on the face, one and 
a half to two inches long, the few short branches simple or little 
compound. Leaves of the lower plane spreading, contiguous or 
slightly spaced, ovate deltoid, acute, bright green, membranous, 
not more than half-line long, very unequal sided, very cordate, and 
strongly ciliated on the upper side at the base and much imbri- 
cated over the stem, the leaves of the opposite side considerably 
overwrapping each other ; leaves of the upper plane half as long, 
ovate, with a 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).” 
172. Selaginella Mackenii. Bkr, 
(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, mem- 
branous, strongly keeled. 
S. Mackenii. Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1884, 89. 
