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t 

 decurabentes: rami secundarii sequentesque subdichotomi, erecti; 



ramuli ultimi teretes, usque ad ô cm longi, foliis inclusis 1 — 3 mm 



crassi, foliis subulatis. incurvatis, ca 2 mm longis, coriaceis, basi in 



sectione transversali in sicco ([uadrangularibus, parce minuteque 



ciliolati.-s. Spicae ad ramulos ultimos solitariae sessilesque, cylindra- 



ceae, usque ad ca 1 cm longae, ca 1 — o mm crassae; sporophylla 



involuto-canaliculata, basi ovata, ciliolata, apice acute subulata. 



A high alpine species. 



Netv Gnima (Mt. Wk'hmann, PuUe No. 1031). 



l^y<'0|>o(liiiiii liy£-i-o|)liiliim. r. A. v. il. 



h/topalostachys, Glavata. — Càules longi-repentes, romote ra- 

 mosi; rami primarii dichotomi : rami secundarii sequentesque 

 erecti; l'amuli ultimi usque ad 10 cm longi, teretes, foliis inclusis 

 ca 3 — 4 mm crassi. Folia coriacea, glabra, subulatodanceolata, ca 

 3 mm longa, apice acuminata et scariosa deciduaque; folia caulina 

 subsecuiida vel falcata, irregulariter serrulata; folia ramulorum 

 ultimorum conferta, valde incurvata, decurrentia, integerrima, 

 ramulorum ultimorum fertilium superiora remote spurieque ver- 

 ticillata. Spicae ad i-amulos ultimos terminales, solitariae, ca 2 — 3 

 cm longae, cylindraceae. ca 3-6 mm crassae; sporophylla lan- 

 ceolato-subulata. eroso-timbriat(j denticulata. 



New Guinea (Oranje Mts.. Versteeg No. 24771. 



li.y<*o|>o(liillli 4*<'riiiiiiiii. f>.. Spec, 1566; Spring, Mon. 

 Lycop., 1, 79: v. A. v K., Mal. Fern AH., 47. 



Var. !ii|lfri'iiii4*osiiiii: Folia ramulorum ultimorum con- 

 spicue incurvata, crassa, glabra, integeirima; ramuli ultimi conferti, 

 erecti, graciles, maxime ca 2 mm crassi; spicae subcernuae, sat 

 crassae. — A'e^f' Guinea [Mi. ArfaJ,\ Gjellerup No. 1129). 



> I^.X'opofliiim l»rt'vilM'<H*ICfiliiiii. r. A. v. Et. 



Rhopaloslachija, CerniM. — ].. cernuo L. afl'ine. Kachides pilis 

 longis, crispatis secunde lanuginosae; folia gracilia, apicem versus 

 incurvata, glabra, integerrima, sat la.xa ; sporophylla triangularia, 

 coriacea, acuta vel brevi-acuminata, ecostata, eroso crenata. 



L. cernuum L. differs from tliis in having the rachises naked 



