46 102. LYCOPODIUM. 1. UEOSTACHYS. b 2 . EUPHLEGMAEIA. 



(40) E. phj Ha n til in (phyttanton), Hie. <f ^rt., Bk., Fern AIL, 

 22, p. p.; L. pachystachyon, Spring, var. phyttanton, Spring, Mon., II, 29. 



Shoots stout, suberect or pendulous, about 30 50 cm. long, once or 

 twice dichotomously branched. Leaves dense, moderately ascending, 

 4-farious, ovate-lanceolate, about I'A 2 J A cm. long, 3 6 mm. broad, 

 acute, entire, rigidly coriaceous, with a distinct midrib, more or less 

 keeled towards the base, the base rather rounded, the keel decurrent. 

 Spikes 7Va 25 cm. long, once to thrice dichotomously branched, the 

 branchlets thick, 3 5 mm. diam. ; sporophylla ovate, acute, keeled, 

 much exceeding and hiding the sporangia. 



Borneo, Sumatra. 



2. RHOPALOSTACHYS. 

 a. Lcpidotis. 3. Clavata. 



Leaves 4-farious on the branchlets. 



*. Spikes 1 2 on a simple or forked peduncle from the apex of a 



branchlet. (48) L. Wightianum. 



*.*. Spikes 2 16 on a branched peduncle from the axis of a branch. 



(47) L. complanatum. 

 Leaves oo-farious everywhere. (41) L. clavatum. 



(41) Ei. cla vatiim. I,., Spring, Mon., I, 88 ; Bk., Fern All., 26 ; Schk., 

 Krypt. Gew., I, tab. 162; Hk., Br. Ferns, tab. XLIX ; var. divaricatum, 

 Rac., Flor. Btz., I, 244; var. Wallichianum, Spring, I.e., 90 ; L. trichiatum, 

 BL, Enum., 263; L. divaricatum, Wall., Cat., No. 131; var. tamariscispica, 

 Bk., 1. c. ; L. tamariscispica, Ces., Fel. Becc. Polin., 6, 8. 



Main stem (rhizome) wide-trailing, copiously branched ; lower branches 

 often 15 30 cm. long, copiously compound; secondary branches rather 

 dichotomous. Leaves multifarious, subulate, 3 5 mm. long, flat or 

 somewhat convolute-canaliculate, decurrent, with a distinct midrib, entire, 

 or the lower more or less denticulate, at least the younger ones terminating 

 into a deciduous scarioso apex or decoloured hair. Spikes 2Va 5 cm. 



