32 102. LYCOPODIUM. 1. UBOSTACHYS. a 1 . EUSELAGO. 



serrulate towards the apex, the midrib rather hidden. Sporangia in the 

 axils of unaltered leaves all down the stem or branches. 

 Java. 



(5) Ei. Hamilton!!. Spring, Mon., I, 35; Bk., Fern All., 10; L. 

 aloifolium, Wall, Spring, 1. c., 36; Hk. & Grev., Ic. Fil., tab. CCXXXIII. 



Shoots densely tufted, suberect, 24 times dichotomous, about 10 30 

 cm. long, I'A 2V cm. diam. including the leaves, the stem stout, 

 woody. Leaves irregularly spreading, 5-farious, subcoriaceous, linear, 

 oblong or linear-oblong, 6 12 mm. long, 2 4 mm. broad, obtuse, 

 narrowed towards both ends, with a distinct midrib. Sporangia in the 

 axils of unaltered leaves in the upper part of the stem. L. aloifolium 

 Watt, is a form with moderately thin leaves and a rather indistinct midrib. 



Java (t. Warb.); Ceylon, Br. India, Western China. 



(6) Ei. llacgregorii, Jfk., Journ. of Bot., XXVIII, 109. 

 Shoots pendulous, slender, copiously dichotomously branched, 30 



cm. or more long. Leaves lax, ascending, lanceolate, 4 mm. long, 

 acute, moderately firm, bright-green. Sporangia placed in the axils of 

 the unaltered upper leaves. 

 Neic Guinea. 



(7) Ei. vcrticillatuni, i.f., Spring, Mon., I, 46; Engl. & Prantl, 

 Nat. Pfl.Fam., I 4 , fig. 373 A C; L. setaceum, Lam. (not Hamilt.), Rac., 

 Flor. Btz., I, 239. 



Shoots pendulous, several times dichotomously branched, about 15 60 

 cm. long, 4 10 mm. diam. including the leaves, the stem slender. Leaves 

 ascending, dense, 4 8-farious, linear, subcapillary, 4 9 mm. long, at 

 best Vs mm. broad, decurrent at the base, entire, no distinct midrib. 

 Sporangia in the axils of unaltered leaves of the branches and branchlets. 

 - Variable, with forms approaching L. hippuris Desv. 



Java and Borneo to Polynesia, Trop. America, South and East Africa, 

 Mascarenes. 



(8) Ei. holaiiicum. JUf., in Fed., Rep., XII, 181. 



Shoots pendulous, 23 times dichotomous, the branches 520 cm. 

 long, 1 cm. diam. Leaves moderately crowded, 3 4-farious, ascending, 

 linear-lanceolate, 6 mm. long by 3 A mm. broad, coriaceous, shortly 



