﻿Mafhewsiance. N. O. Lycopodiacese. 



TAB. LXXXIX. 



LvcOrODIUM SCARIOSUM. 



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undique imbricatis erectis appressis lineari-subulatisdentatim 

 laciniatis membranaceo-scariosis albidis basi solummodo her- 

 baceis, spicis cylindraceis sessilibus, squamis scariosis cordato- 

 ovatis longissime acuminatis ciliato-denticulatis. 

 Hab. Casapi, Peru. Mathews (n. 1765.) 



Judging from our specimens of this very distinct Li/copodium, 

 it would appear to be a plant hanging down from rocks or trees, 

 and from which the branches all rise erect. The leaves are re- 

 markable, in being almost destitute of parenchyme; both they 

 and the scales, or bracteas of the spikes, are singularly thin, 

 ^vhite, and membranaceous, the parenchymatous or herbaceous 

 substance being wholly confined to their base. 



Fig. 1 . Leaf. / 2. Scale with its capsule :—magniJied. 



