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ii. Selaginella radiata, Baker, Syn. Gen. Sellaginella, p. 62. 
S. increscentifolia, Spring, Mon. Lycop., II., 106. Lycopodium 
radiatum, Aublet.— Fronds rooted at the base, with scattered leaves 
and no branches in the lower part ; above this lanceolate, ovate or 
radiate, 2 or 3 times branched; branches 1-2 in. 1., contiguous, ere&o- 
spreading, 1-2 li. w. over all. Major leaves ere&o-spreading or more 
patent, contiguous or with once or twice their own space between them 
on the branches and often more on the main rachis, subovate, acute, 
widest at the unequal base, the upper side rather auricled and lapping 
on the rachis, the rounded part freely ciliate (or both sides of the more 
equal sided leaves found at the axils), i-i£ li. 1., i li. w. Minor leaves 
ovate, rather cuspidate the point weak and hair-like, inequilateral but 
not conspicuously so, attached by the inner base, apart, showing the 
rachis freely between them, £ li. 1. including the awn; both margins 
ciliate, but variable. Spikes square, very abundant, 2-6 li. 1. ; bra6ls 
ciliate margined, keeled, but little open. 
A relatively small, much branched species, weakly and 
flaccid in substance, varying in the degree of ciliation, 
some plants being quite naked. It is 4-8 in. 1., the stem 
often devoid of branches half the length, above which 
it spreads in a variable, lanceolate or broader form. 
General distribution — Trinidad, Ecuador and Surinam 
to Brazil. 
12. Selaginella marginvta, Spring, Mon. Lycop , II, 211. Flora 
Brasil, p. 127 Baker, Syn. Gen. Selaginella, p, 38. — Fronds with 
slender but firm and stiffish stems, rooted at the base, jointed, stra- 
mineous, with laxly scattered leaves, several inches to a ft. or over 
1. with sharp subdistant or distant 1 -2. pinnated branches, which are 
2 li. w. over the leaves ; rachises terete, much exposed between the 
scattered leaves. Major leaves oblong, spreading nearly horizontally, 
with their own width or more between them, not cordate or auricled at 
the base, the upper side rather deeper than the lower and faintly ciliated 
on the edge, acute pointed, f-i li. 1. \ li. w. Minor leaves minute, ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, inequilateral, slightly overlapping on the final 
branches. Texture firm ; colour light green, Spikes very short, hardly 
more than 1 li. 1. ; bra6ls keeled, slightly open. 
This seems to be in growth a semi-ere6l species, which 
