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3. P. flaccidum. Wall. Cat. n. 45. 



Caule dichotomo aphyllo basi subtriquetro, ramis planis 

 ancipitibus divaricatis. 



Hab. Singapore. Dr. Wallich. — This species is justly ob- 

 served by Dr. Wallich to be very near P. complanatum of 

 Swartz; the branches, however, especially of barren indi- 

 viduals, are broader and more divaricated. 



2. TMESIPTERIS. Ber7ih. 

 CapsulcB biloculares, axillares, transversim oblongae, sub- 

 bilobae, coriaceae, opacae; loculis superne rima transver- 

 sim hiantibus, subbivalvibus. — Caules simplices, angulati, 

 foliosi ; foliis verticalibus, planis, fructiferis bipartitis. 



1. T. Tannensis. Bernh. in Schrad. Journ. Bot. 1800. v. 2. 

 p. 131. t. 2. f. 5. 



Hab. New Zealand (not the Island of Tanna. Br.) Forster. 

 JFraser. 



2. T. truncata. Desv. Prod. Pit. in Ann. de la Soc. Linn. Par. 

 V. 6. p. 192. — T. Tannensis. Lahill. Fl. Nov. Holl. 2. p. 

 105. t. 252. exclus. syn. — Psilotum truncatum. Br. Prod, 

 p. 104. 



Hab. In Van Dieman's Land. Labillardiere. New Hol- 

 land, near Port- Jackson. Brown. Fraser. 



3. LYCOPODIUM. Linn. 



CapsulcB uniloculares, axillares, sessiles, alicB bivalves farina 



repletae, alim 2-3-valves corpusculis 1-6 globosis. Br. 



I. ExSTIPULAT^. 



A. Capsulis axillaribus. Selagines. 



1. L. Selago. Linn. Sp. PL p. 1565. Engl. Bot. t. 233. — L. 

 recurvum. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 5. p. 50. 



Hab. Throughout the mountainous parts of Europe, and 

 in North America. — A variety was found by Dr. Scouler, at 

 Observatory Inlet, on the North-West Coast of America, 

 having more flaccid and narrower leaves, and bearing also 

 numerous gemmae, which give it a squarrose and very 

 peculiar aspect. 



