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Hab. Kamoon. Dr. Wallich. — This is one of the most 

 singular and distinct species of the genus. So closely are 

 its leaves and stipules imbricated, and so similar are they to 

 each other in general size and shape, that, upon looking at the 

 upper side of the plant, they have the appearance of being 

 folia undique inserta ; whilst, on the opposite side, the dis- 

 tichous arrangement is conspicuous ; and, so closely are they 

 there applied to each other, as to resemble the coat of an 

 Armadillo. These leaves, too, are different in their texture 

 from any other species, and much like those of some Poly- 

 tricha, or, in mmiature, of some small-leaved Aloes. 



99. L. caulescens. Wall. Cat. n. 137. 



Caule erecto stricto inferne nudo folioso foliis arete ap- 

 pressis circumvolutis superne tripinnatim ramoso, ramis pri- 

 mariis elongatis attenuatis, foliis oblique cordato-ovatis sub- 

 falcatis acutis minute denticulato-serratis subenerviis siccitate 

 striatis incurvis, stipulis folio duplo minoribus late ovatis 

 basi oblique cordatis acuminatis denticulato-serratis. 



Hab. At the River Rapty, Nepal. Dr. Wallich. — This 

 Lycopodium is remarkable for its rigid and elastic stems, 

 which are straight, covered with leaves and stipules, 

 exactly resembling each other, and so closely appressed, as 

 wholly to conceal the stem. The plant is 8-12 inches 

 high, of rather a full green colour, paler beneath. The 

 character of Z*. involvens, as given by Swartz, shows that it 

 is nearly allied to the present species. Our specimens, how- 

 ever, differ, as far as we can judge from the description, and 

 are not convoluted in so remarkable a degree. 



100. L. Yemense. Sw. Syn. Til. p. 182, et 407. t. 4. / 4. — 

 L. sanguinolentum. Forsk. Cat. Ft. Arab. p. 125. (non 

 Linn.) 



Hab. Arabia Felix. Forskoll. 



* * Ramidis cum foliis siccitate plants. Planifolia. 

 f spicis tetragonis, squamis cBqualihus. . Tetragonostachya. 



4- Caule erecto. 



101. L. crassicaule. Hook, et Grev. 



