OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 55 
Kuntze C; Robinson 445 V; Lauai, Hillebrand B; Hawaiian Is., 
Forbes BM; Lindley C; Wilkes Expedition C. 
L. phylianthum has very nearly related species in the Indian 
L. macrostachys Spring, Mém. Acad. Brux. 24: 30. 1848, and 
in the Philippine specimens Williams 573 C and Williams 2916 
C. In most of the Hawaiian specimens, the diameter of the fertile 
portion is greater than it is in the Indian or Philippine plants. 
In none of the specimens examined by the writer were the 
upper sporophyls of the strobilus ‘barren and larger, approaching 
the form of true leaves” as described by Hooker and Arnott 
(I. c.) but in the Philippine specimens mentioned above the 
strobilus was somewhat foliaceous. 
LYCOPODIUM VOLUBILE Forst. Prod. 86. 1781 
TYPE LOCALITY: Australia. 
DisTRIBUTION: Australia, New Zealand, Hawaiian, Viti, and 
Society Islands. __ 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Hawaiian Islands, Menzies K. 
This species is interesting because it resembles Selaginella in 
dimorphic sterile leaves, but has the fertile spike of a true Lyco- 
podium. Menzies is the only collector known to have found it, 
and his specimen probably came from Mauna Kea, Hawaii. 
LycopopIUM VENUSTULUM Gaud. Voy. Freyc. Bot. 283. pl. 22. 
1828 
Type LocaLity: Hawaiian Islands. 
DistrIBUTION: At elevations of 800 m.—1200 m., Hawaiian 
Islands. 
ILLUSTRATION: Gaud. Voy. Freyc. Bot. pl. 22. 1828. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Oahu, Forbes BM; Hawaiian Is., Hille- 
brand B; 128 K; Wilkes Expedition B; 24 C; K; 26 C. 
One of the specimens collected by the Wilkes Expedition, 26 C, 
is reduced in size and has fewer branches from the horizontal stem 
proportionately than the normal form, Wilkes 24 C. This doubt- 
less grew at a higher elevation or in a more exposed locality than 
is usual for the species. Hillebrand makes it a variety, L. venus- 
tulum var. herpeticum, but it is not worthy of specific rank. 
