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erecto-patent branches copiously compound. Leaves of the lower 

 plane spaced even on the branchlets, the tipper ascending, the 

 lower spreadhig, oblique ovate, acute, f-1 lin. long, bright green, 

 membranous, much dilated on the upper side of the midrib, very 

 cordate, serrulate, and much imbricated over the stem on the upper 

 side at the base ; leaves of the lower plane half to one-third as long, 

 ovate, cuspidate. Spikes copious, resupinate, ^-^ lin. long, 1 lin. 

 diam. ; bracts very dimorphous, those of the upper plane oblique 

 ovate-lanceolate, erecto-patent ; those of the lower plane pale green, 

 orbicular, with a large cusp. 



Hab. Woods of Ceylon, at about 5000 ft., Gardner 1274 ! Col. 

 Walker ! A near ally of the Himalayan S: chri/socaulos. 



291. S. CHRYsocAULOs Spring Mon. ii. 250. — S. sulxliaphana 

 Spring. — S. hypnoides Spring- Mon. ii. 101. — Lycopodium chryso- 

 caulon Hook. & Grev. — L. sidnlidphamim Wall. — Stems densely 

 tufted, slender, erect, bright yellow, ^-1 ft. long, copiously pinnate, 

 the short erecto-patent branches copiously compound. Leaves of 

 the lower plane spaced even on the branchlets, more or less 

 ascending, oblique ovate, acute, |— 1 lin. long, bright green, mem- 

 branous, very unequal-sided, broadly rounded, serrulate, and a little 

 imbricated over the stem on the upper side at the base ; leaves of 

 the upper plane one-third to one-half as long, ovate, distinctly 

 cuspidate. Spikes copious, short, resupinate, 1 lin. diam, ; bracts 

 very dimorphous, those of the upper plane crowded, erecto-patent, 

 ovate-lanceolate ; of the lower plane shorter, paler, ascending, broad 

 ovate, with a large cusp. 



Hab. Common in the Eastern and Central Himalayas, ascending 

 to 7000-8000 ft. in Kumaon. Moulmein, Parish 118! Penang, 

 Wallich ! 



292. S. TENUiFOLiA Spring Mon. ii. 253. — Stems tufted, suberect, 

 a span long, copiously pinnate, the erecto-patent branches copiously 

 compound. Leaves of the lower plane subcontiguous and erecto- 

 patent on the branchlets, spaced and spreading on the main stem, 

 ovate- or oblong-rhomboid, subacute, l-12th to l-8th in. long, pale 

 green, membranous, much dilated, cordate, serrulate, and imbricated 

 over the stem on the upper side at the base ; leaves of the upper 

 plane one-third as long, ovate, with a large cusp. Spikes short, 

 copious, resupinate, 1 lin. diam. ; bracts very dimorphous, those of 

 the upper plane lanceolate-rhomboid, bright green, erecto-patent; 

 those of the lower plane ascending, pale, broad ovate, cuspidate. 



Hab. Mishmi and Khasia Mountains, (irifjith ! 



293. S. LAXA Spring Mon. ii. 216. — Stem suberect, a span long, 

 pinnate, the erecto-patent branches copiously compound. Leaves 

 of the lower plane spaced even on the branchlets, ovate-oblong, 

 subobtuse, a line long, membranous, unequal- sided, both margins 

 denticulate, rather narrowed to a slightly emarginate base ; leaves 

 of the upper plane half to one-third as long, obovate, acuminate. 

 Spikes short, resupinate, 1 lin. diam. ; bracts of the upper plane 

 oblong-lanceolate, very acute, erecto-patent ; of the lower plane 

 ovate-cuspidate. 



Hab. Tahiti, Murroihuut. 



