BY J. H. MAIDEN. 351 



not one of much consequence, and Dr. Rendle's view may be the 

 better one. 



LYCOPODIACEiE. 



Lycopodium varium, R.Br. 



With reference to the query in regard to this plant formerly 

 expressed by me (these Proceedings, 1899, p. 383), the following- 

 letter from Mr. Hemsley settles the point as far as I am con- 

 cerned : — 



" With regard to LycopoJiunn varimn being a native in Lord 

 Howe Island, I can only say that the specimen is correctly named, 

 and it is labelled 'Lord Howe's Island, Fullagar, Herb. F. 

 Mueller, 1877,' in the late Mr. Bentham's handwriting. In Fl. 

 Austral, (vii. 674), C. Moore stands as the collector, but there is 

 no specimen at Kew except the one labelled as above explained. 

 This was taken from Mueller's herbarium by Bentham, when he 

 had it on loan. Perhaps Mueller's herbarium contains a specimen 

 from Moore as well." I cannot trace a specimen collected by 

 Moore so far, and that point is unimportant. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XV. 



Ela^ocarpus sj). 

 Fig. L — Leaf and petiole. 

 Fig. 2.— Drupe. 



Fig. 3. — Longitudinal view of putamen. 



Fig. 4. — View of putamen from above, shewing its distinctly ribbed 

 character. 



