674 OXLV. LYCOPODIACEJ. î Lycopodium. 
1. L. selago, Linn. ; Spring, Monogr. Lycop. i. 19, ii. 5.—Stems 
scarcely creeping, though slightly decumbent and rooting at the base, 
the forked erect branches forming dense level-topped tufts 3 to 6 m. 
high, completely covered with their crowded but spreading dark-green 
leaves, all lanceolate, 3 to 4 lines long, with a short fine point. Spore- 
axils o upper leaves, not forming a distinct. spike, 
the leaves or bracts being quite similar to the stem-leaves.——Hook. f. 
Fl. Tasm. ii. 155. t. 170; Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 84. 
Victoria. Mount Baw-Baw at an elevation of 4000 ft. and Munyong Mountains 
up to 6000 or 7000 ft. F. Mueller. : 
asmania. Mount Wellington, J. D. Hooker, Gulliver; Mount Field East, 
F. Mueller. 
t cool mountainous alpine or arctic regions both of the northern and 
southern hemispheres. The Australian specimens form generally rather longer and 
looser tufts than the European ones, with some approach to some states of L. varium, 
a tendency not observed in northern specimens. 
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t. 170; L. selago, var. F. Muell. Fragm. v. 111 
N.S. Wales. Lord Howe's Island, C. Moore. 
Victoria. Genoa Peak and Munyong Mountains, F, Mueller. 
Tasmania. Table Mountain (Mount Wellington), R. Brown ; abundant on the 
ground and trunks of trees, J. D. Hooker. 
Also in New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and South Africa. 
3. L. phlegmaria, Linn. ; Spring. Monogr. Lycop. i. 63, ii. 28.— 
Stems elongated, usually pendulous from rocks or trunks of trees. 
Leaves crowded, cartilaginous, spreading, mostly lanceolate and 3 to 
6 lines long, but occasionally oblong and obtuse. Spikes slender at 
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Widely spread over tropical Africa and Asia. 
