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compound ; pinnules few, distant. Leaves of tlie lower plaue ovate,
contiguous, ascending, falcate, very acute, bright green, rigid,’
4 -1 lin. long, dilated on the upper side at the base, distinctly
ciliated, aud imbricated over the stem ; leaves of the upper plane
half as loug, oblique ovate, serrulate, cuspidate. Spikes short,
square, 1 hn. diam. ; bracts ovate-cuspidate, strongly keeled.
Hab. British Guiana, lliclul. Schomhun,k 979 ! Baclauiri Eiver, Amazon
Valley, TniiU 1417 ! Mount Guayrapurina, Eastern Peru, Sqinice 4054 !
257. S. Haenkeana Spring Mon. ii. 187. S. lUnwrpha Klotzsch.
— Steins about a foot long, erect, simple near the base, with
spreading leaves, deltoid aud decompound iu the upper three-
quarters, the lower piimæ 3-1-piiuiate, the contiguous ascendiii"
final segments f -4 iu. long, l - 12th to l -8th iu. broad. Leaves o°f
the lower plane contiguous, asoendiiig, obloiig-laiiceolate or oblique
ovate, acute, l - 12th to l -8th iu. long, bright green, membranous,
dilated, strongly ciliated, muoh rounded, and imbricated over the
stem oil the upper side at the base ; leaves of the upper plaue
small, oblique obovate, with a cusp as loug as the lamina. Spikes
short, square, 4hu. diam.; bracts ovate-lanceolate, strongly keeled.
Hab. French Guiana, and, according to Spring, also Bolivia and Chili. A
near ally of S. Jiahellata.
258. S. viTicuLosA Klotzsch in Linnæa xviii. 524.— Stems about
a span long, stramineous, simple in the lower part, deltoid and
decompound upwards, the pinnæ deltoid, 2 -3-pinnate, the root-
fibres sometimes extending to the axils of the lowest pimiæ, the
contiguous ascending final segments 4 -1 in. long, l-1 2 th to l-8 th iu.
broad. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous, ascendino- lanceolate
or obhque ovate,^ acute, l-1 2 th to l-8 th in. long, bright green,
moderately firm in texture, broadly rounded, shortly oifiated and
much imbricated over the stem on the upper side at the base •
leaves of the upper plane a third as long, oblique ovate, cuspidate!
Spikes square, 41m. diam. ; bracts ovate-cuspidate, strongly keeled.
Hab. Central America and Venezuela. A near ally of S.flabellata.
259. S. Hartwegiana Spring Mon. ii. 188.— Stems about a foot
long, erect, stramineous, simple in the lower half or third, with
adpressed leaves, deltoid and decompound upwards, the deltoid
pinnæ 8-4-pinnate, the ascending contiguous final segments 4-1 in.
long, l - 12th to l - 8th iii. broad. Leaves of the lower plaue con-'
tiguous, ascending, ovate, falcate, very acute, l - 12th to l -8th in
ong bright green, moderately firm in texture, nearly equal-sided'
broadly rounded, shortly ciliated, aud a little imbricated over the
stem on the upper side at the base ; leaves of the upper plane a
third as long, broad ovate, cuspidate. Spikes short, square ^ lin
diam. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, strongly keeled. ’ ‘
Var. .S'. IpptMphari.s A. Br. iu Crypt. Nov. Gran. 8G3. — Less
compound, with ihe leaves of tlie upper portion of tlio nnhrancbed
part 01 the stem spreading.
Hab. Andes of New Granada and Ecuador.
260. S. ERYTHROPUS Spring Mon. ii. 155. Lycopodium erythropus
Mart. Icon. Crypt, tab. 20, fig. 3.— Stems about a span long, bright
crimson, simple iu the lower half or third, deltoid aud decompound
upwards, the lower piunæ deltoid 3-pimiate, the ascending contiguous
filial branchlets 4 -1 ku. long, l-1 2 th to l-8 th iu. broad.
Leaves of the lower plane oontigiious, ascending, oblong- or ovate-
lanceolate, acute, l-1 2 th to l-8 th iu. long, bright green, moderately
firm ill texture, unequal-sided, broadly rounded, strongly ciliated,
and imbricated over the stem on the upper side at the base ; leaves
of the upper plane half as long, oblique ovate, cuspidate. Spikes
square, 4 liu. diam. ; bracts ovate-cuspidate, strongly keeled.
Y a.!."major Spring. — More compound, the uubranched part of
the stem longer, and all its leaves adpressed.
Hab. Tropical America, from the West Indies and Guatemala to Chili and
Central Brazil. S. setosa Hort. is a starved small form of this species.
261. S. HÆMATODES Spring Mon. ii. 156. S. filicina Spring Mon.
ii. 189. Lycopodium hccmatodes Kunze F a rm . t. 30.— Stems 1 -2 ft.
long, bright crimson, unbraiiched in the lower half, with its leaves
much spaced and adpressed, deltoid and decompoiiud in the upper
half, the deltoid piunæ 3-4-piiiiia te , the contiguous erecto-patent
ultimate divisions J - l in. long, 4 - 4 in. broad. Leaves of the lower
plane contiguous, ascending, ovate- or oblong-rhomboid, acute,
i —4 in. long, bright green, moderately firm in texture, dilated, on
the upper side at the base, not ciliated, broadly rounded, and a little
imbricated over the stem; leaves of the upper plane minute,
oblique oblong, with a large cusp. Spikes square, reaching I - I 4 hi.
long, 4 - | in. cliam. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate.
Hab. Andes of Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru. One of the handsomest of
all the known species. Frequent in cultivation.
262. S. AMAzoNioA Spring Mon. ii. 176. 8 . amazonum Spring
in Mart. FI. Bras. i. 124, t. 6. — Stems 2 ft. or more long, stramineous,
erect, simqile in the lower half, with adqiressed leaves,
deltoid and decompound in the upper half, with long, closely
regularly qiimiate pinnæ, with contiguous ereoto-qiatent^ simple or
slightly compound pinnules, the ultimate divisions reaching 1 -2 in.
long, 4 in. broad. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous, erecto-
patent, lanceolate- or oblong-rhomboid, subacute, l-1 2 th to l - 6 th in.
long, bright green, moderately firm in texture, nearly equal-sided,
rounded on the upper side at the base aud a little imbricated over
the stem, ouneate-trunoate on the lower ; leaves of the upper plane
a third as long, oblique ovate, acute. Spikes, square, 4 - I m. long,
1 lin. diam. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, strongly keeled.
Hab. Amazon "Valley, 2Iartins, Spruce 2058 ! 2358 !
268. S. OAXACANA Spring Mou. ii. 177. — Stems 1 4 -2 y long,
erect, stramineous, simqile in the lower half, with adpressed leaves,
deltoid and decompound in the upper half, the leaves of the mam
stem ovate-oblong, obtuse, very ascending, the pmnæ elongated,
closely 3-1-piniiate, the contiguous erecto-patent final divisions
4- I 4 ill. long, 4 -4 in. broad. Leaves of ^ the lower plane sub-
contiguous, erecto-patent, lanceolate-rhomboid, subacute, l - 12th to