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ovate, to 2Va mm. long, cuspidate-apiculate, thick and rigid, more or less 

 distinctly denticulate or serrulate, at length scariose on the upper edge; 

 of the upper plane nearly as long, ovate, cuspidate-apiculate, with a 

 distinct midrib, the margin rather serrulate, subcartilagineous, the cusp 

 straight, spine-like. Spikes square, to 17V 2 mm. long and 2 mm. diam. ; 

 sporophylla ovate, cuspidate, keeled, the margin pale-membranaceous, 

 subscariose, denticulate; macrospores pale-yellow,, nearly smooth, with a 

 few hardly elevated verruciform projections; microspores minium-red, often 

 very different in size, the largest distinctly, densely, finely punctulated, 

 encircled by an equatorial ring consisting of more prominent elevations. 

 For particulars about the nomenclature see Hieron. in Hedwi., L, 3. 



Java, Celebes, Philippines; Formosa, Japan, Korea, China to Br. India. 



(2) S. tamariscina. Spring, Mon., II, 64; S. bryopteris, Bk., 

 Fern AIL, 87, p. p. ; Lycopodium tamariscinum, Desv., Enc. Bot., Suppl., 

 Ill, 540; L. circinale, Lam., Enc. Bot,, III, 651. 



Differs from the preceding in having the branches spreading and 

 radiating, so as to form a dense rosette, linear in outline, pinnate, the 

 pinnae short, slightly pinnate again, the leaves long-cuspidate, those of 

 the upper plane without a distinct midrib, with the cusp often recurved 

 or flexuose. 



Philippines; Br. India. 



a. HomoeoStachyS. 2. Becutnbenle*. 



1. Main stem trailing, with the root-fibres extending to beyond the central 

 nodes. 



2. Lateral leaves spaced on the branchlets. (3) S. torricelliana. 



2.2. Lateral leaves not spaced on the branchlets. 



3. Lateral leaves entire, not ciliate. (4) S. caespitosa. 



3.3. Lateral leaves more or less denticulate to ciliate. 



4L. Lateral leaves blunt. (5) S. serpens. 



.<*. Lateral leaves acute to acuminate. (6) S. Schumanni. 

 l.f . Main stem ascending or erect, rooting in the lower part only. 



(7) S. ceratocaulos. 



