TAB. CCXXIV. 
LYCOPODIUM CRASSUM. 
FILICES.—Lrcoropiwzz. Swartz, Br., Kaulf. | SrAcuvorrznrpzs. Willd. 
DA 
GzN. CHang. LYCOPODI UM, Linn. Capsule uniloculares, axillares, sessiles; ae 2-valves, 
farina replete; alie 2—3-valves, corpusculis 6 globosis. Zr. 
LvcopopiuM crassum; caule procumbente radicante, ramis erectis cylindraceis crassis simplicibus 
vel dichotome divisis, foliis multifariam imbricatis erectis subspiraliter inclinatis lineari-lanceo- 
latis acuminatis rigidis compressis obscure crenulatis, capsulis axillaribus solitariis. 
Lycopodium crassum. Humb. et Kunth Nov. Gen. v. 1. p.33. JFilld. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 50. 
Spreng. Syst. eset. v. 4. p.21. Hook. in Bot. Misc. v. 2. p.238. 
Lycopodium elongatum. Swartz Syn. Fil. p. 175. 
Has. Crescit in declivitate montis ignivomi Antisana, prope Chussulongo, alt. 2218 hexap. 
(Regno Quitensi). Zumboldt. Huaylluay, prope Pasco, in Andibus Peruvianis. Dom. Cruck- 
shanks. : 
Caulis repens, crassiusculus, foliosus; ramis erectis spithamzeis ad pedalem, basi, nunc etiam ad apicem, dichotome 
divisis una cum foliis cylindraceis, crassis. Folia numerosa, arctissime imbricata, undique inserta, erecta, 
seu subspiraliter inclinata, lineari-lanceolata, sensim acuminata, coriacea, nitida, glaberrima; dorso convexo, 
vix costato; intus plana, sub lente minute lepidota, marginibus pallidis fere cartilagineis, obscure crenulatis. 
Color in nostris exemplaribus flavo-viridis. 
Capsule reniformes, flave, axillares, bivalves, granulis minutis flavis e tribus corpusculis angulatis compositis 
repletze. 
Fig. 1. Folium a dorso visum. f. 2. Folium cum capsula. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. 
This very fine species of Zycopodium belongs to the same group with £L. Selago ; and its nearest 
affinity is stated by Kunth and Willdenow to be LL. Saururus, a plant with which we are un- 
acquainted, but of which the figure given in Bory's Voyage almost exactly resembles our plant. 
It is described, however, as having the leaves in eight rows: in our plant the leaves are curiously 
spirally twisted, of a delicate pale green colour, not * rubicundo-viridia, as stated by Willdenow 
and Kunth. 
