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1 1(3 Underwood and Lloyd: Lycopodium 



Baker,* with characteristic disregard of continental work, reduces 

 all the species involved, to L. cernuum, with three varieties, in 

 which citation and synonymy are sadly at variance with accuracy 

 and correctness, and all ideas of geographic distribution are left to 



reckless abandon. 



In 1 86 1 Muller,f with characteristic German positiveness, set 

 aside a Javan plant as the genuine type of Lycopodium cernuum L., 

 characterized by having (i) "Folia c ait Una squarrosa" in common 

 with most other species recognized, and (2) " Amentis centripetah- 

 evolutis" a character claimed as peculiar to this species, but one 

 difficult to follow in actual material. Further than this he estab- 

 lished five new species all from the Old World, besides recognizing 

 L. marianum Willd. from the Philippine Islands. The distribution 

 of his five new species was as follows : 



Lycopodium Heeschii K. Mull. {loc. cit. 164) — Sierra Leone. 

 Lycopodium secundum K. Mull. {loc. cit. 164) — Cape Colony, Natal. 

 Lycopodium sikkimense K. Mull. {loc. cit. 164) — Sikkim (India). 

 Lycopodium Moritzii K. Mull. {loc. cit. 165) — Java. 

 Lycopodium Hupeanum K. Mull. {loc. cit. 165) — Borneo. 



In Muller's paper the species of tropical America were not 

 considered, and two earlier descriptions from the Old World were 

 apparently disregarded, viz : 



Lycopodium vulcanicum Blume, Enum. PI. Jav. 2 : 266. 1828. 

 (Type from Java.) 



Lepidotis convoluta Beauv. Prodr. L'Aetheog. 108. 1805. 

 (Type from " Les deux Indes. M ) Material in American collec- 

 tions is insufficient to determine the status of Muller's species, but 

 a partial examination of European herbaria convinces us that some 

 of them at least are valid. 



Hieronymus has recently % taken up the name Lycopodium 

 capillaceum Willd. for the common American species, citing 

 Spring's reference to Willdenow's herbarium note § and stating 

 that Willdenow's plant was from " Nova Andalusia" (Venezuela) 

 instead of " Ins. Marianis n as stated by Spring. After seeing 



* Handbook of Fern Allies 23. 1887. 



t Muller, Karl. Zur Kenntniss des Lycopodium cernuum L. Bot. Zeitung 19 : 

 161-165. 1861. 



\ Plantae Lehmannianae etc. Bot. Jahrb. 34: 573. 1905. 

 \ Hora 21 1 : 165. 1838. 



