LYCOPODIACEA'. 



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foliis densiuscule dispositis. Sporangia axillaria solitaria sessilia transverse serni- 

 lunnlaria vel latissinie reniformia plus quam 1 mm. lata mm. longa 2-valvata 

 basi ad centrum brevissime stipitata, stipitibus j- 1 ^ mm. longis. 



HAB. Mt. Arisan, ad 7500 ped. alt., Aprili. 1914, leg. TAKEO ITO et B. 

 HAYATA. 



Our plant agrees pretty well with Lycapodium lucidulum MICHX. The 

 description of the 

 species in BAKER 

 Handb. Fern-all, 

 p. 11 is as fol- 

 lows : " Stems 



suberect, ^-1 ft. 

 long, 1-3 times 

 dichotomously for- 

 ked i-f in. diam. 

 including leaves. 

 Leaves moderate- 

 ly crowd, lanceo- 

 late, bright green, 

 firm in texure, 

 glossy, entire, J-J 

 in. long, unequal, 

 upper spreading, 

 lower reflexed, 

 midrib distinct. 

 Sporangia in irre- 

 gular zones in the 

 axiles of shorter 

 leaves interspersed 



with the longer ones all down the stem. HAB. Canada, Xew Foundland and 

 United States, Japan, China ; Himalaya of Sikkim " 



But our plant is a little different from the said species in the much smaller 

 form having the leaves with very obscure midrib, which in L. lucidulum is 



Fig. 89, Lycopodium quaaipolytrichoides HAY. x . 



