Selaginella cladorrhizans A.Braun

SE LAG I NELL A: HUMIIiE,Jenman, n. sp. "1i
Stems prostrate, or sub-erect, very short, slerder,
leafy to the base ; fronds once or twice branched on I
j both sides, \ an inch to \\ inches long, J to 1 inch
wide; pale straw-green, main rachis and branches|
angular, 1 to 2 lines wide over the leaves ; major
leaves spreading, lax, not imbricating ; linear-oblong;
sub-acute, the base oblique, J to 1 Hue long, not|
I ciliate-edged ; minor leaves minute, ovate, conspicu-i
ously aristate, slightly keeled or not, densely
imbricated; spikes very short; quadrate or rather:
i flattened flense, keeled, cuspidate.—Trinidad, Wests
' IBHl'M. it comes in between S. caribensis and S.|
alboniteus, and is a very small, soft, delicato species.
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Herbarium of Georoe S. Jenman
PRESENTED BY MR. D. O. MILLS, 1903
TRINIDAD
BOTANICAL GARDEN
Selaginella
Dei. A. H. G. Alston
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