TAB. XXXIX 



LYCOPODIUM ATRO-VIRIDE. 





Lycopodineje. Swartz., Br., Kaulf. Stachyopterides. Willd. 



Gen. Char. L YCOPODIUM, Linn. Capsula uniloculares axillares, sessiles ; alue bivalves, 



farina repletae ; alice 2— 3-valves, corpusculis 1—6, globosis. Br. 





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Lvcopodium alro-viride; foliis bifariis horizontalibus acinaciformibus integerrimis vel serrulatis 



subcostatis striatis, stipulis ovatis costatis serrulatis longe mucronatis, spicis tetragonis sessili- 

 bus, squamis ovatis acutissimis carinatis serrulatis. 

 Lycopodium atro-viride. Wallkh MSS. 

 Lycopodium cuspidatum. Hook. MSS. apud Hort. Soc. Lond. 



Hab. In Insula «Prince of Wales Island" dicta, Indise Orientalis. Wallich. 



Caulis, ut videtur, repens, pedalis et ultra, bi-tripinnatim ramosus, pallide fuscus, flexuosus sulcatus, hic illic 



radicans. 



Folia bifaria, horizontalia, facie inferiore caulis inserta, rigida, nitida, arcte disposita, acinaciformia, obtusa, lineis 



tribus longitudinalibus notata, linea centrali e costa obscura, integerrima vel serrulata, intense viridia, subtus 



pallidiora. 



Stiptd* foliis quintuplo minores, facie superiore caulis insertae, appressse, libera^, foliis alternantes, ovata^, acutae, 



tenuissime marginata-, serrulata-, costatae, costa longe producta, cuspidatae. 

 Spica ad apices ramorum, solitariae vel binae, vix unclam longae, tetraquetrae, e squamis viridibus, rigidis, ovatis, 



acute carinatis, imbricatis, patentibus, acutissimis, serrulatis, costa ad apicem attingente, dorso serrulata. 

 Capsula; ovato-rotundatae, flavae, squamis breviores, axillares, 

 Semina minutissima, quaterna, flava. 



Fig. 1. Portio caulis, facie superna visa. f. 2. Eadem, a dorso visa. f. 3. Stipula. f. 4. Spica. f. 5. Squama 



f. 6. Squama cum capsula. f. 7. Capsula. f. 8. Semina : — magn. auct. 





This very handsome species of Lycopodium we were first acquainted with by means of a valuable 

 collection of dried specimens which the Horticultural Society of London had received from Prince 

 ofWales Island; and in that collection we named the species L. cuspidatum : but havin^ since 

 received the same plant from the Honourable the East India Company under the name of L. atro- 

 viride of Wallich (in all probability gathered in the same island by that gentleman), we hasten to 

 adopt this appellation of our liberal friend. 



