OPHIOGLOSSACEAE—LYCOPODIACEAE 51 
This statement is an error on the part of Blanco, as he confused 
with his Myriotheca arborescens some species of Cyathea ‘or 
Alsophila. His description, otherwise, is unmistakably of An- 
giopteris and Llanos had already reduced it to Angiopteris evecta 
Hoffm: “‘Frondes dos veces aladas. * * * Fructificaciones 
en muchas lineas de puntos redondos, cortas mellizas, en las mar- 
gines de la fronde y perpendiculares a ellas, y se componen de 
muchas cagitas globosas que se abren a lo largo en la madurez.” 
It is the common form in the provinces near Manila, a sylvan 
species as low and medium altitudes. 
Illustrative specimen from Batangas Province, Luzon, August, 
1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 51). 
OPHIOGLOSSACEAE 
HELMINTHOSTACHYS Kaulfuss 
Helminthostachys dulcis Kaulf.; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 596; ed. 3, 
3 (1879) 254=HELMINTHOSTACHYS ZEYLANICA (Linn.) Hook. 
Kaulfuss’s species was correctly interpreted by Blanco, but it 
is a synonym of the older Helminthostachys zeylanica (Linn.) 
Hook. It is widely distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes, 
in thickets, etc. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
October, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 776). 
LYCOPODIACEAE 
LYCOPODIUM Linnaeus 
Lycopodium dichotomum Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 570; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 
240=LYCOPODIUM CERNUUM Linn. 
This species is widely distributed in the Pitlopines ‘rare at 
low altitudes, but abundant at medium and higher elevations. 
Blanco’s description is very short and imperfect, but I am now 
of the opinion that Fernandez-Villar was correct in reducing L. 
dichotomum Blanco to L. cernuum Linn. : 
Illustrative specimen from Laguna Province, Luzon, October, 
1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 957). 
Lycopodium gnidioides Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 824; ed. 2 (1845) 569; ed. 
8, 3 (1879) 289, non Linn. =LYCOPODIUM SQUARROSUM Forst. 
Blanco’s description was interpreted by Fernandez-Villar as 
applying to Lycopodium selago Linn. an impossible reduction, 
as the Linnean species does not occur in the Philippines. Among 
all the Philippine species of the genus the description applies 
best to Lycopodium squarrosum Forst., which is widely distrib- 
