. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany; Botany. SELAGINELLA IN TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA 263. Fig. 5 Selaginella quadrifaria Alston: A. Close-up of lateral (/) and axillary (a) leaves, x8. B. Close-up of median leaves, x 8. C. Lateral leaf showing acroscopic auricle, x 32. D. Apex of lateral leaf, x224. All from Mexia 6282. ambitu ovatis vel deltoideis, usque ad 20 cm longis, 12 cm latis. Folia caulium in parte infima deltoidea, integra, subacuta, 2'5 mm longa, in parte superiore ovata, usque ad 6 mm, serrulata, basi nonnunquam ciliata, apice leviter acuminata; folia lateralia
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany; Botany. SELAGINELLA IN TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA 263. Fig. 5 Selaginella quadrifaria Alston: A. Close-up of lateral (/) and axillary (a) leaves, x8. B. Close-up of median leaves, x 8. C. Lateral leaf showing acroscopic auricle, x 32. D. Apex of lateral leaf, x224. All from Mexia 6282. ambitu ovatis vel deltoideis, usque ad 20 cm longis, 12 cm latis. Folia caulium in parte infima deltoidea, integra, subacuta, 2'5 mm longa, in parte superiore ovata, usque ad 6 mm, serrulata, basi nonnunquam ciliata, apice leviter acuminata; folia lateralia partis frondosae fere horizontaliter patentia, leviter imbricata, oblonga, mm longa, 3 mm lata, fere concoloria; semifacie superiore semi-oblonga, basi leviter cordata, et ciliata, alibi serrulata; semifacie inferiore semi-oblonga, basi retracta, attenuata et excavata, integra; folia axillaria oblongo-deltoidea, basi utrinque cordata et ciliata; folia intermedia oblongo-ovata, 3*5 mm longa, 3 mm lata, divergentia, fere aequilateralia, vix acuminata. Strobili in apicibus ramulorum singuli vel bini dispositi, tetragoni, 1*5 cm longi, 2 mm lati, nonnunquam ramosi; sporophylla ovato-deltoidea, carinata, serrata, sensim acuminata; megasporae c. 400 /um albidae, subtiliter reticulatae; microsporae c. 27 jum crassae, pallide lutescentes, papillis elongatis crebre obsitae. Typus: Peru, Loreto: Sierra de Pongo, 500 m, legit Mexia 6282 (BM, holotype). Other specimens seen: COLOMBIA. Without exact locality: 'Southern', Hopp (B, fragm. BM). PERU. Junin: Puerto Yessup, 400 m, Killip & Smith 26372 (BM, NY). Geographical range: Southern Colombia to northern Peru. 27. Selaginella tanyclada Alston ex Crabbe & Jermy in Am. Fern J. 63 : 143 (1973). Type from Colombia, Choco: La Concepcion, 15 km E of Quibdo, 75 m, Archer 1966 (US, holotype; BM, isotype).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability -
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