102. LYCOPODIUM. 1. UBOSTACHYS. b 2 . EtfPHLEGMAKIA. 45 



War. longifolium : Leaves ovate-lanceolate, about 9 mm. or 

 more long, relatively narrow, broadly rounded at the base. 



War. filiforme: Leaves rather triangular, to 8 mm. long, relatively 

 broad, cordate or subcordate-truncate at the base; stem mostly slender, 

 subflliform (string-like). 



War. o vat mil: Leaves elongate-ovate, to 8 mm. long, at best 

 about V 2 as broad as long, cuneate or rounded at the base. 



War. latif oliiim : Leaves broadly ovate or oblong, to 8 mm. 

 long, more than V 2 as broad as long, cuneate or rounded at the base. 



Paleotropical, extending to North India, Queensland and New Zealand. 



(37) Erf. tli vergens. . A . v. H., L. phlegmaria, L., var. divari- 

 catum, Bl., Enum., 262. 



Shoots rather short, suberect, dichotomous; branches divaricating, 

 subnutant. Leaves small, relatively short and broad, ovate to subcordate, 

 erecto-patent or suberect. Spikes short, divaricating-dichotomous. Other- 

 wise like L. phlegmaria L. 



Java. 



(38) I,. Hellwigii, if r6., Mons., I, 97. 



Shoots pendulous, simple, or forked towards the apex. Leaves generally 

 3-farious, lanceolate, to 10 mm. long, 2 3 mm. broad near the base, 

 acute, thin but firm, hardly glossy, nearly horizontally spreading. Spikes 

 6 10 cm. long, thick, 4 mm. diam., commonly double, rarely simple, 

 or forked at the middle ; sporophylla rather close, subacuminate, distinctly 

 longer than the sporangia, the lower twice as long, 34 mm. long 

 and 2 mm. broad. 



New Guinea. 



(39) E<. pachysiacliyuiii (pachystachyon), Spring, Mon., I, 66; 

 L. phyllantum, Hk. & Arn., Bk., Fern All., 22, p. p. 



Shoots stout, suberect, 30 45 cm. long, once or twice forked. 

 Leaves 4-farious, elongate-lanceolate, 1'A 2Vz cm. long, 2V 2 5 mm. broad, 

 acute, entire, narrowed at the base, rigidly coriaceous, horizontally 

 spreading, decurrent, with revolute edges and a distinct midrib. Spikes 

 7*2 25 cm. long, twice to thrice forked, the branchlets thick, 3 5 

 mm. diam. ; sporophylla ascending, short, broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, 

 keeled, not hiding the sporangia. 



Br. India to Polynesia. 



