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64. H. lycopodioid.es, Neck. ; dioicous ; stem suberect, 

 slightly divided ; branches subpinnate ; branchlets curved at 

 the tip ; leaves crowded, falcato-secund, ovato-lanceolate, 

 strongly acuminate, entire, soft and membranous ; nerve reach- 

 ing almost to the tip ; sporangium oblong, cernuous ; lid 

 conical. Hook. <Sf Wils. t. Iviii. ; Eng. Bot. t. 2250 in part ; 

 (Moug. fy Nest. n. 628.) 



In marshes in various parts of England and Scotland, also 

 on the sands of Barrie. Bearing fruit, but rarely, in summer. 



Forming soft, yellow green or brownish but not purple 

 tufts, several inches long. Stem suberect, or sometimes de- 

 cumbent, slender, slightly dichotomous ; branches irregularly 

 pinnate, the pinnae of various lengths, curved at the apex ; 

 leaves falcato-secund, ovate below, much attenuated at the 

 tips, not sulcate, entire ; nerve reaching almost to the tip ; cells 

 dilated at the angles ; perichaetial leaves longer, nerved, sul- 

 cate ; fruitstalk even ; sporangium oblong, curved, cernuous, 

 with a very broad ring ; lid conical, with a mammillary point. 



A very fine and beautiful species, much stouter than its 

 neighbours, remarkable for the softness of its texture. The 

 specimens in Mougeot and Nestler are barren. The paler 

 plant alone in Eng. Bot. belongs to this species. 



65. H. fluitans, Dill. ; monoicous ; stem erect or floating, 

 elongated, dichotomous, more or less pinnato-ramulose ; leaves 

 distant, falcato-secund, lanceolate, acuminate, slightly serrate 

 above, not striate; nerve reaching to the tip ; sporangium ob- 

 long, curved, cernuous; lid conical. Hook, fy Wils. t. Iviii.; 

 Eng. Bot. t. 1448; (Plate 10, fig. 3) ; Moug. fy Nest. n. 526. 



In meadows, marshes, peat-bogs, etc. Common. Bearing 

 fruit in early summer. 



Forming long, submerged or floating tufts, of a yellowish 

 or brownish green. Stems dichotomous; branches pinnate or 



