Lye ] XLY 
ycopodium. | CXLY. LYCOPODIACER. 675 
1. L. vatum, ZLina.; var. fastigiatum. — Stem 
3 = s from a lon 
one. lees ba base or rhizome, procumbent, leafy, necending toa Be 
Stele, Ye ne ves ve 6 in. in the Australian specimens. Leaves 
n. M 9 = inear-lanceolate, rarely above 2 lines long, acute 
Eae e hairlike point of the common opean form. Spikes 
al, erect, more or less pedunculate, to 2 in. long. acts 
l 
iid jimbricate, lanceolate, "ees with fine usually spreading 
maa ; ^. fastigiatum, R. Br. Prod. 165; L. diffusum, Sp? ing, Monogr. 
p. n. 39, i of R. Br.; L. clavatum, var. magellanicum, Hook. f. 
guter Sn nowy nt re Miro Valley, Mount Useful, F. Mue 
J. . „Derwen R. Brows vn ; moist bogg subalpine a abundant, 
D. Hooker ; Mount Mount Field East, F. Wasii. 4 
"UE — Linn.; Spring, Monogr. Lycop. i. 98, ^ 
* d s eafy but creeping and rooting like LE i with ve 
cid : scarcely any : ascending barren branches. Leaves crow 
narrow lanceolate, acuminate, not above 2 lines long i 
, , 
ues viii a ibid sS. .—Hook. f. Fl. 
ell. Fragm. 
ete mee Noire 2 F. Mueller. 
Tasmania. Boggy places, not uncommon, J. D 
SER, af Aus ralia, Dr hier n. agas ; d ae n. 18S. These specimens 
lone ery small with short branching ¢ g st 3, g branches 1-2 in. 
8, and are distinguished as ZL. erp Kanze. in Pl. Prol ii. 108, or as Z. 
s having the stemleaves all similar instead of 
a ummondii, Spring, Monogr. ii. 
the ma rows heing longer or more spreading, but the character is variable in 
ypical North American specim 
x The species extends over North ER, South America, tropical and southern Africa, 
eylon and New Zealand. 
6. L. laterale, R. Br. Prod. 165.—Stems leafy from the base, 
prostrate decumbent or ascending, slightly bra nched, from a few inches 
i 2 feet long. Leaves crowded all r ound, ianceola te-subulate, 2to3 
ines long. Spikes few, lateral and ple} ostly a 
acuminate, usually brown- 
oured. — Spri ring, Monogr. . 82, 1. 88; Labill. Sert. Austr. 
Caled. t. 15; Sieb» Syn. Filie. n. BA. 
Queensland Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; 
al Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, 
Moreton Island, F. Muel 
R. Brown, A. Cuak, 
Woolls. 
pr ictoria. Near Brighton, Bunip Creck, Mount Abrupt, F. Mueller ; Grampians, 
en S Miei . 
w Caledonia and New Zealand, 
7. L. diffusum, R. Br. Prod. 165.—Very near E jer to 
