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— Fronds 1-2 or 3 in. 1., half as wide or less, rooting chiefly at the base, 
but also frequently from the joints, two or three times pinnate, the 
branches short, alternate, contiguous or subdistant, f-i li. w. over all, 
the outer ones hardly narrower than those of the main axis ; firm in 
texture, dark green. Major leaves spreading obliquely, contiguous, the 
outer ones imbricating, obliquely ovate, obtuse, i li. 1., less broad, 
plain edged, the base obliquely cordate, much deeper on the superior 
rounded base, the auricle of which laps over the rachis. Minor leaves 
ovate, acute, equilateral, subcordate, imbricating on the outer branches. 
but not at the base of the stems, or hardly so, i li. I., nearly as wide, 
slightly convex. Spikes not seen. 
Jenman n. 1 48 1. Gathered on rocks at the foot of the 
Kaieteur Fall, a situation that if closely examined would 
probably yield several other species, new or old. On my 
visit, unfortunately, I had temporarily lost my sight from 
an attack of ophthalmia, which compelled my leaving the 
situation quite unexplored. Of this group of diminutive 
species this is most compaft in its leafage, and most 
freely branched. 
General distribution — Endemic. 
4. Selaginella minima, Spring., Mon. Lycop. p. 86. Baker, Syn. 
Gen. Selaginella, p. 6*0. — Fronds small, about 1 in. 1 , simple and linear, 
or simply and shortly branched, i-i£ li. broad over all. Major leaves 
spreading, ovate-oblong, sub-acute, deeper on the upper side, the 
rounded auricle ciliate and lapping over the rachis, other parts of the 
margins bare, £ li. 1., rather less wide, lax or subdistant in the lower 
part, but in the outer close or slightly imbricating. Minor leaves nearly 
equilateral, but obliquely attached, ovate, acuminate or rather cuspidate, 
the margins faintly echinate, overlapping each other at the top of the 
fronds. Spikes i-ii li. 1., as wide as the frond or wider ; bracks rather 
loose and spreading, hardly keeled, resembling the minor leaves of the 
fronds. 
Leprieur, Cayenne. This is the dwarfest of the known 
Guiana species, and in other respe6ls, as well, a very 
distinct little plant. On the lower part of the stem 
