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13 cm. 5 and stem and leaves are smnllor tlian usual. My plant matelies 



Sclileohter^s 15404 from the Ouhiitclie Mts, (of which Ignambi is one) hi 

 Herb. Mus. Brit., sub nom. L. carinattini: fron) that species, however, it 

 differs in the leaves, which are flat and not sharply keeled. 



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Lycopodium phyllanthum Hook. & Arn. var. auriculatum Compton, 



var, nov. Folia late cor(hita subauricnlata.. lo^nainbi ; on o-neiss boulders 



near streams in lii^h forest ; 2000-3500 ft. 1508. 



Differs from the ty\)e in the broadly cordate sessile leaves, almost auricled 

 at the base. In Herb. Kcw. there is a Samoan specimen (Whitmee 1G*J) 

 approaching this variety ; but in all other material I have had an opportunity 

 of examining the leaves are scarcely cordate at the b^ise. The species occurs 

 in India, Ceylon^ Malaya, and Polynesi.'i. 



L. PIIYLLAKTIIUM Hook. & Am. forma NANA Compton, form. nov. 

 Ignambi; on trees in moist forest; 3000 ft. 150l*. A small exposed form 

 of this species, I believe, with stems 1-2 nnn. in diameter at the base, 

 yellowish-green leaves 7-8 nnn. X 3-4 nnn., sot edgewise ; the sterile part of 

 the stem 10 cm. lonf^^ the strobili 8-9 cm. Ion*;'. 



L, ScHLECHTEPil E. Prltzeh Mt. Mou : on rock-ledoo in sllplit shelter ; 



serpentine scrub ; 3500 ft. Nekando ; rocks in slight shelter ; serpenthio 



scrub; 3000 ft. 634a. 



This species, first collected by Schlechter on the Ngojx Mts, (of which 







(15174), mny be merely an exposure 



form of L. nutans Brack., to which it bears a close resemblance. It differs 

 in the erect simple stem and short recurved strobili. In the absence of good 

 connecting-links, however, it is best to keep it provisionally as a distinct 

 species. 



L. SERRATUM Thunb. Ignambi ; on ground in high forest ; gneiss ; 



2000-3000 ft. 1497. Japan, China, India, Mulayn, Polynesia, Mexico, 



The shoots, which are terrestrial and sometimes attain a foot in height; are 

 abundantly gemmiferous ; the production of gemmae seems to be the chief 

 mode of propagation, and all stages in their germination were found. 



L. SQUARROSUM Forst. var. pacificum Compton, var. novl Varietas 



strobile a parte sterile plantar haud dissimiie. 



Mt. Humboldt ; on stones and trunks in moist forest ; 1000 ft. Ignambi; 



on rocks and trunks in moist forest; 2000-3000 it, 1026, 102Ga, 1500, 



1502. 



The New Caledonian plants agree w^ith those from the Pacific Ocean 



in general in having the strobilus less shnr[dy distinct from the sterile 

 portion of the stem than is the case in the Indian and Malaj plants. Other 



