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placed near the middle of the scape. Scape short, slender 

 3-4-inches high, terminated by the linear, acuminated spike 

 which bears the fructification ; rhizome fibrous. O lusitanicum, 

 Thbg. Flor. Cap O capense. Schlecht Adumb. p. 9. tab. 

 1, fig. 2. Kunze Suppl. to Schkuhr. Filic, p. ')9, tab. 29, 

 fig. 3. 



On grassy hills and at ditches near the Olifant's River (Mundt), 

 at Gamka River and between the Bushmen's and Koega Rivers, 

 (Eckl. & Zeyher.) v, s. 



149. Ophioglossum Bergianum. Schlecht. Scape slender, 

 \^-2 inches high, naked ; i^adical leaves linear, narrow ; spike 

 cylindrical, pointed; rhizome fascicled. Schlecht. Adumb., 

 p. 10. Hook. Icon. Plant, vol. 3, tab. 263. 



Amongst grasses at the base of Lion's Mountain. (Bergius Har- 

 vey, W. C. Faure)j in turf near Kuil's River (June, 1845, Pappe.) 

 V. V, and s. 



150. Ophioglossum reticulatum. Lin. Spike arising from 

 the stem; frond cordate-ovate, acute, loosely reticulated. 

 Willd. Enum. Plant, p. 60. 



Between grasses near the Umlaas River, Natal. (Dr. Krauss.) 



151. Ophioglossum costatum. R. Br. Spike arising from 

 the stem ; frond lanceolate-oblong, one-nerved, reticulated. 

 R. Br. Prodr. Flor. Nov. Holland., p. 163. 



Found somewhere in the colony by Capt. Carmichael ; special 

 locality unknown. (Tulbagh ?) 



XVII. LYCOPODIACE^. D. C. 



Liii. LYCOPODiUM. LIN. (9 Specics.) 



152. Lycopodium carolinianum. Lin. Leaves lanceolate, 

 sub-falcate, acuminate, one-sided ; stalks erect, elongated, 

 bearing one solitary cylindrical spike ; bracts auricled, sub- 

 cordate, patent, pointed. Stem creeping, branchy. X. repens, 

 Schlecht, p. 5, tab. 14. 



In wet sandy soil on the Lion's Mountain (Rev. Hesse) ; in 

 Attaquaskloof, Swellendam (Mundt.); at Hottentot's Holland, 

 and Montagu's Pass (Eckl. & Zeyher.) v, s. 



153. Lycopodium cernuum. Lin. Leaves awl-shaped, scat- 

 tered, curved ; terminal spikes sessile, nodding ; bracts ovate, 



