Selaginella .] 
SELAGENELLACEA). 
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edge to edge ; smaller leaves a third as long as the larger, obovate, 
with a long mucro. Spikes in. long, tetragonous ; bracts uni- 
form, deltoid, cuspidate. 
Rodriguez, on the coralline limestone, Balfour ! Endemic. 
3. S. obtusa, Spring, Monog. Lycop. ii. 201. Stems decumbent, 
trailing to a length of 3-4 inches, with many short spreading com- 
pound branches. Larger leaves oblique, oblong, obtuse, spreading, t e- 
in. long, bright green, moderately firm in texture, obscurely ciliated, 
those of the final branchlets slightly imbricated ; smaller leaves a third 
as long as the larger, obovate with a long mucro. Spikes in. long, 
tetragonous ; bracts uniform, deltoid, cuspidate. Lycopodium pusil- 
lum, Desv. ; Bojer, Hort. Maur. 426. 
Mauritius, in shady damp places on the slopes of the Pouce, etc. Also Bourbon 
and Madagascar. 
4. S. rodriguesiana, Baker. Stems decumbent, not articulated, 
trailing to a length of a foot, with many distant ascending compound 
branches. Larger leaves oblique, oblong, obtuse, falcate, in. long, 
bright green, membranous, entire, obscurely ciliated, those of the final 
branchlets placed edge to edge ; smaller leaves a third as long as the 
larger, obovate with a long mucro. Spikes in. long, tetragonous ; 
bracts uniform, deltoid, strongly cuspidate. 
Rodriguez, common on damp grassy banks, Balfour ! Endemic. 
5. S. sechellarum, Baker. Stems decumbent, not articulated, 
trailing to a length of a foot, with short distant ascending compound 
branches. Larger leaves oblique oblong-lanceolate, rather curved 
upwards, acute, with the point at the upper corner, T \ in. long, bright 
green, membranous, not ciliated, those of the final branchlets slightly 
imbricated; smaller leaves a third as long as the larger, oblique oblong, 
with a distinct mucro. Spikes in. long, tetragonous ; bracts uni- 
form, lanceolate, twice as long as the microsporangia. 
Seychelles, in Mahe, Horne , 157 ! General habit very like that of S. Kraussiana , 
but the stem not articulated. 
6. S. fissidentoid.es, Spring , Monog. Lycop. ii. 111. Stems decum- 
bent, not articulated, trailing to a length of half a foot, with many 
close ascending compound branches. Larger leaves oblique oblong- 
lanceolate, rather curved upwards, acute, with the point at the upper 
corner, T x ¥ in. long, moderately firm in texture, entire, obscurely ciliated, 
those of the final branchlets placed edge to edge ; smaller leaves a 
third as long as the larger, oblique oblong, with a long mucro. Spikes 
-i-1 in. long, tetragonous ; bracts uniform, deltoid, cuspidate. 
Seychelles, common in damp grassy places, Perville, 76! Horne , 1G6! 666! 
xtlso Bourbon and Madagascar. 
