Lycopodium.] LYCOPODIACEAE. 643 
species extends over Japan, various parts of India, Ceylon and rs or, if the too nearly 
allied L. lucidulum be united with it, also over the North American Continent. The 
the faint rib, suleate underneath, is only observed in very thin-leaved forms 
8 var. dentatum. — Stem 1/2—1!/2 ft. long, only one to three times 
forking at variable heights, rarely undivided. Leaves area harsher, 
narrow-lanceolate, finely denticulate, less contracted at the 
Highest mountains of Kauai, Maui and Lanai. Seo ee sane me style and 
—— the Haveatian plant referred to ‘L. varium, R. . (Owhyhee, Menzies), in 
Spring’s Monogr. IJ, p. 24, finds its true place here. 
x var. subintegrum. — Stem reddish, 6—8‘ long. Leaves subentire, 
patent and reflexed, rates lanceolate, 3—4“ long. 
High mountains of Ka 
2. L. erubescens, Brack. Fil. U. S. E. EB. p. 320, tab. 45. — «The 
whole bia brown or reddish, 4—8‘ long. Stems sited erect, forking. 
ranc obtuse, Leaves all alike, in about 8 ranks, spreading, plane, 
linear- rhsieietine acute, quite entire, I'/2" X 1/2. Capsules compress sed, 
reniform, pale yellow, persistent, those of the preceding years as low as 
the sane divisions of the stem.» 
« Haleakal fg in wet “aes 6000 ft. »; high plateau of Kauai! (Mr. Johnson) 
Waialeale , Seckud: n rocks (Wawra). 
3. L. Haleakalae, Brack. 1. c. p. 321, tab. 45. — «Stems nae stiff, 
Grect, 4— 6° , forking. Branches thick, crowded, obtuse, their 
— of about equal height. Leaves pale, in about 6 st all 
alike, 2“ x 1”, ovate-lanceolate, acute, entire, but with 2 or 3 seittinte 
teeth near the point, nearly imbricate with recurved apex, the thick base 
t 
edited Seal on the idiie side. » 
a few plants from the top of Eeka LE paseo in which the leaves are stiff coria- 
ceous, pale siabooagps red, rather obovate a a broad base, entire, densely imbricate 
oe the upper but tebe in the lower portion of ‘ha stem, all dist tinetly carinate and 
me transversely wavy. 
4. L. polytrichoides, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 6. — Stem 6—12‘ high, erect 
or ae i repeatedly dividing at open angles from the very base, 
often 9—12 times, thereby appearing densely tufted, the branches very 
slender flaccid and terete, leafy throughout, apres through several 
of the last divisions. Leaves of the young plant a sterile branches 
very dense, linear acerose, erecto- patent, about 2” sae: those of the main 
divisions in 6 or more ranks, subulate, incurved, with gradually dilating 
ase. Fertile leaves in 4 or 3 ranks, shorter, lanceolate to broadly ovate, 
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