220 TlMEHRI. 
elongato stramineo subnudo, fronde sterili lanceolate* mem- 
branaceo glabro paleis paucis lanceolatis ad marginem et 
faciem inferiorem prsedito, venis laxis perspicuis eredto- 
patentibus simplicibus vel furcatis intra marginem termi- 
nantibus, fronde sterili multo minori stipite longiori. 
Sterile lamina a foot or more long, 18-20 lines broad, 
cuneate at the base, with a slender fragile stipe, 4-5 inches 
long. Fertile lamina 4-5 inches long, an inch broad, with 
a stipe about a foot long. Found upon the upper slope of 
the mountain. 
93. Acrostichum muscosum, Sw., var. A Engelii, Karst. In the 
neighbourhood of the encampment. 
213. Acrostichum squamosum, Sw. Upper slope of the mountain. 
41. Acrostichum (Rhipidopteris) peltatum. Sw. In the neighbour- 
hood of the encampment. 
LOO. Schizsea dichotoma, Sw. In the neighbourhood of the en- 
campment, new to Guiana. 
85. Schizsea elegans Sw. In the neighbourhood of the encamp- 
ment. 
263. Anemia tomentosa, Sw. In the neighbourhood of the en- 
campment. 
146. Lycopodium alopecuroides, L. In the neighbourhood of the 
encampment. 
192. Lycopodium linifolum L var. sarmentosum rubescens, Spring. 
Upper slopes of the mountain. 
230. Lycopodium subulatum, Desv. Base of the cliff. 
226. (159*) Selaginella (Stachygynandrum) vernicosa, 
Baker, n. sp. Caule basi decumbente superne re6to laxe 
pinnato, ramulis paucis brevibus ascendentibus, foliis hete- 
romorphis distichis crassis firmis nitide viridibus, plana? in- 
ferioris confertis erefto-patentibus ovatis obtusis margine 
ubique denticulatis, planse superioris duplo brevioribus 
ascendentibus ovatis obtusis valde imbricatis, spicis tetra- 
gonis brevissimis bra&eis conformibus magnis ovatis acutis. 
This belongs to the Atrovirides group in the neighbour- 
hood of S. Martensii. The main stems are about half a foot 
long, the leafy branches an eighth of an inch broad and the 
leaves of the lower plane a line long. The type as described 
was found art the base of the cliff, and a variety (No. 381) 
