Lycopodium. | LYCOPODIACE. 1035 
C. Diphasium. Leaves distichous and dimorphous. Sporangia aggregated 
into distinct terminal spikes; bracts small. 
Stems 1-3 ft., creeping; branches 3-12 in., ascending or 
erect, flattened. Spikes 1-2in., sence y> terminal ; 
bracts with spreading tips .. -. 10. L. scariosum. 
Stems 2-8ft., scrambling or climbing ; branches flabel- 
lately divided, flattened. Spikes 1-4 in., in large panicles 
at the ends of the branches ; bracts with small appressed 
tips AC : : AD .. ll. ZL. volubiie. 
igs Bs Tins. ce Plant. 1565.—Stems 3-12 in. long, usually 
shortly decumbent and rooting at the base, erect above, several 
times dichotomously forked, densely leafy throughout; branches 
2-9 in. long, +4 in. diam. including the leaves, stout, rigid, erect, 
cylindric, often uniform in height and forming dense 208: topped 
tufts. Leaves crowded, ascending or rarely spreading, 4 $-¢ in. long, 
subulate-lanceolate, acuminate, sometimes almost pungent, quite 
entire or minutely denticulate, firm, dark-green and glossy, some- 
times with pedicelled leafy bulbils in the axils. Sporangia solitary 
on the upper surface of the unaltered leaves near their base, often 
at intervals all down the stem, but usually most abundant in the 
upper part, not forming a distinct spike.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii. 
52; Fl. Tasm. 11. 155, ra 170A; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 389; Benth. Fl. 
Austral. vil. 674 ; Bak. Fern Allies, 9; Thoms. N.Z. Herne, TOS" 
NortH Istanp: Mountainous districts from Mount Tauhara (near Lake 
Taupo) southwards to the Tararua Range, apparently local. SourH Istanp, 
Srewart Istanp: Abundant in mountain districts, usually between 1500 and 
5000 ft., but descends almost to sea-level in Stewart Island. 
An abundant plant on moors and heaths in cool or damp mountainous 
localities throughout the world. 
2. L. varium, Rf. Br. Prodr. 165.--Rhizome stout. Stems tufted, 
4-2 ft. long, stout, rigid, erect or more rarely pendulous, sparingly 
or much “dichotomously branched, leafy throughout; branches 
stout, often curved. Leaves Sei all round the branchen, 
ascending or spreading, the lower ones the longest, 4—2 in. long, 
lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, coriaceous, dark-green and glossy, 
midrib usually obscure ; upper leaves smaller and more appressed. 
Spikes terminal, peaally numerous, suspic or branched, curved or 
drooping, tetragonous, 2-6 in. long, 4 4-41n. diam. Bracts densely 
imbricating, about 4 tin. long, broadly ovate, acute or obtuse, keeled ; 
the lower ones rather longer and more foliaceous, gradually passing 
into the upper leaves, the upper decidedly longer than the reniform 
sporangia.—Hook. and Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 112; Hook f. Fl. Antarct. 
ineeeeren. Nov.| Zel.. i..52 5; Fl Tasm. 11. 155, t. 1703; Handd. 
N.Z. Fl. 389; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 674; Bak. Fern Allies, 21; 
Thoms. N.Z. Ferns, 104. 
NortH AND SoutH IstaAnps, STEWART ISLAND, CHATHAM ISLANDS, AUCK- 
LAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS, ANTIPODES IsLAND: Mountainous districts from 
the Great Barrier Island and Cape Colville southwards, not uncommon, Sea- 
level to 4500 ft. 
