46 102. LYCOPODIUM. § 1. UROSTACHYS. b^ EUPHLEGMAEIA. 



(40) Ri. phyllantum (phyllanton), HU. 4- At^., Bk., Fern AIL, 

 22, p. p.; L. pachystachyon, Spring, var. phyllanton, Spring, Mon., II, 29. 



Shoots stout, suberect or pendulous, about 30—50 cm. long, once or 

 twice dichotomously branched. Leaves dense, moderately ascending, 

 4-farious, ovate-lanceolate, about TA— 2V-2 cm. long, 3—6 mm. broad, 

 acute, entire, rigidly coriaceous, with a distinct midrib, more or less 

 keeled towards the base, the base rather rounded, the keel decurrent. 

 Spikes 7V2— 25 cm. long, once to thrice dichotomously branched, the 

 branchlets thick, 3—5 mm. diam. ; sporophylla ovate, acute, keeled, 

 much exceeding and hiding the sporangia. 



Borneo, Sumatra. 



% 2. RHOPALOSTACHYS. 



a. liepidotitt. 3. Clavata. • 



f . Leaves 4-farious on the branchlets. 



*. Spikes 1 — 2 on a simple or forked peduncle from the apex of a 



branchlet. (48) L. Wightianum. 



••*. Spikes 2 — 16 on a branched peduncle from the axis of a branch. 



(47) L. complanatum. 

 ^.•^. Leaves co-farious everywhere. (41) L. clavatum. 



(41) 1j. clavatum, J&., Spring, Mon., I, 88 ; Bk., Fern All., 26 ; Schk., 

 Krypt. Gew., I, tab. 162; Hk., Br. Ferns, tab. XLIX; — var. divaricatum, 

 Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 244; var. Wallichianum, Spring, I.e., 90; L. trichiatum, 

 Bl., Enum., 263; L. divaricatum, Wall, Cat., 'Ro.lSl; — var. tamariscispica, 

 Bk., 1. c. ; L. tamariscispica, Ces., Fel. Becc. Polin., 6, 8. 



Main stem (rhizome) wide-trailing, copiously branched ; lower branches 

 often 15 — 30 cm. long, copiously compound; secondary branches rather 

 dichotomous. Leaves multifarious, subulate, 3 — 5 mm. long, flat or 

 somewhat convolute-canaliculate, decurrent, with a distinct midrib, entire, 

 or the lower more or less denticulate, at least the younger ones terminating 

 into a deciduous scariose apex or decoloured hair. Spikes 2V2 — 5 cm. 



