102. LYCOPODIUM. § 1. UROSTACHYS. b', EUPHLEGMARIA. 45 



Var. longlfoliiiiu : Leaves ovate-lanceolate, about 9 mm. or 

 more long, relatively narrow, broadly rounded at the base. 



War. flliforme: Leaves rather triangular, to 8 mm. long, relatively 

 broad, cordate or subcordate-truncate at the base; stem mostly slender, 

 subflliform (string-like). 



War. O'valum: Leaves elongate-ovate, to 8 mm. long, at best 

 about 'A as broad as long, cuneate or rounded at the base. 



War. latifollnm : Leaves broadly ovate or oblong, to 8 mm. 

 long, more than 'A as broad as long, cuneate or rounded at the base. 



PaleotropiccU, extending to North India, Queensland and New Zealand. 



(37) li. divergens, e. A. v. «.,• L. plilegmaria, L., var. divari- 

 catum, Bl., Enum., 262. 



Shoots rather short, suberect, dichotomous; branches divaricating, 

 subnutant. Leaves small, relatively short and broad, ovate to subcordate, 

 erecto-patent or suberect. Spikes short, divaricating-dichotomous. — Other- 

 wise like L. phlegmaria L. 



Java. 



(.38) li. Hellwigii, Wurb., Mons., I, 97. 



Shoots pendulous, simple, or forked towards the apex. Leaves generally 

 3-farious, lanceolate, to 10 mm. long, 2 — 3 mm. broad near the base, 

 acute, thin but firm, hardly glossy, nearly horizontally spreading. Spikes 

 6 — 10 cm. long, thick, 4 mm. diam., commonly double, rarely simple, 

 or forked at the middle ; sporophylla rather close, subacuminate, distinctly 

 longer than the sporangia, the lower twice as long, 3 — 4 mm. long 

 and 2 mm. broad. 



New Guinea. 



(39) li. pachyiitachyuin (pachystachyon), Spring, Mon., I, 66; 

 L. phyllantum, Hk. & Am., Bk., Fern AIL, 22, p. p. 



Shoots stout, suberect, 30 — 45 cm. long, once or twice forked. 

 Leaves 4-farious, elongate-lanceolate, TA — 27-2 cm. long, 2 'A — 5 mm. broad, 

 acute, entire, narrowed at the base, rigidly coriaceous, horizontally 

 spreading, decurrent, with revolute edges and a distinct midrib. Spikes 

 7'2 — 25 cm. long, twice to thrice forked, the branchlets thick, 3 — 5 

 mm. diam. ; sporophylla ascending, short, broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, 

 keeled, not hiding the sporangia. 



Br. India to Polynesia. 



