103. SKLAGINELLA. A'. MONOSTELICAE. a^. ROSULANTES. 63 



ovate, to 2 "2 mm. long, cuspidate-apiculate, thick and rigid, more or less 

 distinctly denticulate or serrulate, at length scariose on the upper edge; 

 of the upper plane nearly as long, ovate, cuspidate-apiculate, with a 

 distinct midrib, the margin rather serrulate, subcartilagineous, the cusp 

 straight, spine-like. Spikes square, to IT'A mm. long and 2 mm. diam. ; 

 sporophylla ovate, cuspidate, keeled, the margin pale-membranaceous, 

 subscariose, denticulate; macrospores pale-yellow, nearly smooth, with a 

 few hardly elevated verruciform projections; microspores minium-red, often 

 very different in size, the largest distinctly, densely, finely punctulated, 

 encircled by an equatorial ring consisting of more prominent elevations. — 

 For particulars about the nomenclature see Hieron. in Hedwi., L, 3. 



Java^ Celebes, Philippines; Formosa., Japan, Korea, China to Br. India. 



(2) S. tamariscina, Spt^ng, Mon., II, 64; S. bryopteris, Bk., 

 Fern All., 87, p. p. ; Lycopodium tamariscinum, Desv., Enc. Bot., SuppL, 

 III, 540; L. circinale, Lam., Enc. Bot., Ill, 651. 



Differs from the preceding in having the branches spreading and 

 radiating, so as to form a dense rosette, linear, in outhne, pinnate, the 

 pinnae short, slightly pinnate again, the leaves long-cuspidate, those of 

 the upper plane without a distinct midrib, with the cusp often recurved 

 or flexuose. 



Philippines; Br. India. 



a. HoniOeOStachyS. 2. Jfecumbentes. 



M. Main stem trailing, icith the root-fibres extending to beyond the central 

 nodes. 



». Lateral leaves spaced on the branchlets. (3) S. torricelliana. 



*.*. Lateral leaves not spaced on the branchlets. 



3. Lateral leaves entire, not ciliate. (4) S. caespitosa. 



3.3. Lateral leaves more or less denticulate to ciliate. 



S:. Lateral leaves blunt. (5) S. serpens. 



^.41. Lateral leaves acute to acuminate. (6) S. Schumann!. 



1.1. Main stem ascending or erect, rooting in the lower part only. 



(7) S. ceratocaulos. 



