110 Underwood and Lloyd: Lycopodium 



The plant from Cuba, though a fragment, is unmistakable, and 

 shows an unexpected and unusual distribution. 



13. Lycopodium Orizabae sp. nov. 



A short rather stout epiphyte 16 cm. or more tall, with abun- 

 dant lanceolate leaves. Stems 2-3 mm. thick at the base, more 

 slender above, 3-4 times dichotomous, rising from dense clusters 

 of roots ; leaves 1.5-1.8 cm. long by 2-2.3 mm - wide, lanceolate- 

 acuminate, broadest near the base, thence abruptly narrowed at 

 the base, asymmetric, the midrib slender but evident almost to the 

 apex, the margins entire ; sporophyls similar to the leaves, but 

 shorter and narrower, 1 cm. long by 1 mm. wide, lanceolate, 

 broadest near the middle, acuminate, twisted at the base, slightly 

 asymmetric; sporangia reniform, 1.8 mm. wide by 1.5 mm. deep. 



Mexico : Orizaba, Midler 6po. Known only from its type 



collection. 



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14. Lycopodium cuernavacense sp. nov. 



An elongate rigid epiphyte, with stiff appressed leaves. Stems 

 attaining 60 cm. or more long, 3-4-forked, the branches diverg- 

 ing at a very small angle, rather stout, 3-4 mm. thick ; leaves 

 crowded, somewhat appressed, rigid, 2 cm. long by 2 mm. wide, 

 subulate-acuminate, broadest at the base, the midrib evident by a 

 furrow when dry, the margins entire ; sporophyls similar to the 

 leaves but shorter, about 1 cm. long ; sporangia circular, slightly 

 exceeding the sporophyls in width. 



Mexico : Morelos ; trees in mountains above Cuernavaca, 

 8,500 ft., Pringle 7613. 



This species is related to L. taxifolium, for which it was dis- 

 tributed, but differs from that species both in habit and in struc- 

 tural characters. 



15. Lycopodium nitens Schlecht & Chamisso, Linnaea 5 : 623. 



1830. (Type from Jalapa, Mexico, Schiede & Deppe.) 



Of this species we have seen only an original specimen, a 



sheet of which is at Kew. Its four-ranked leaves and sporophyls 



render it a striking plant. 



16. Lycopodium Picardae Christ, Bot. Jahrb. 24 : 148. 1898. 



(Type from Haiti, Picarda 978.) 



We have a portion of the original collection made in 1892 

 (Picarda 978) whose label reads M Haiti prope Keurcoff in caverna, 

 alt 1,200 m. M 



