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ear both sides auricled and ciliated at the base, the upper 
uch imbricated over the stem; leaves of the upper ee half as 
aes oblique oblong, cuspidate. Spikes , $-1 lin. diam 
ae deltoid, cuspidate, much imbricated, strongly iigted on the 
“Hab. British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington territory. 
A big marked ria 
Ss. s, n. sp.—Stems slender, trailing, above a foot 
tale’ terete on the back, angled on the face, copiously distantly 
pinnately branched, the bag tg ie ascending, flabellately 
—— Leaves of the lower plane ovate, acute, ascending, 
3-3 lin. long, crowded on the branches, bright green, firm in texture, 
rather more produced on the upper side of the distinct midrib, 
pas susie ety the lower half of the upper margin, rounded 
n both si the base, not cordate on the upper, but so much 
initittdbted 6 over tie branch that it is hidden; leaves of the upper 
plane a third as ans ovate, acute, convergent, much imbricated. 
ae unknow 
Hab. Rapids of the Rio Mauhes, Amazonas, North Brazil, 
Dr. Traill 1416! 
Group 2.—Piumosz. 
52. S. uncrnata Spring Mon. ii. 109; Lycopodiwm uncinatum 
Desv.; L. dilatatum Hook. & Grev.; L. casium Hort.; Dill. Muse. 
branches, thin in texture, bright blue-green, a e produced 
on the upper side of the distinct midrib, ciliated, minutely 
petioled, both sides poriaye at the base, oe see scarcely imbri- 
cated over the stem; leaves of the upper plane 4 as long, oblique 
oblong, ages Be much nace ted. Spikes }-} in. long, square, 
1 lin. diam.; bracts ovate-lanceolate, a line long, aa sharply 
keeled, 
Hab. China. Well known in cultivation. 
53. §. semicorpara Spring Mon. ii. 107; Lycopodium semicorda- 
tum Wall. ex parte. — Stems trailing, slender, pale straw-coloured, 
often a foot long, bisulcate on the face, igh sre pinnately branched, 
with bee densely compound branches. Leaves of the lower plane 
contiguous, spreading or rather Saas onlone- lascoulnia L19th 
to 1-8th in. long, subobtuse or subacute, paler green and n 
in texture as in plumosa, pry equilateral, the midrib distinct, the 
upper side not all dilated at the base, not imbricated over the stem 
and not ciliated ; leaves PF ee plane 4 4 as long, oblique Stone, 
cuspidate, much imbricated. Spikes }- i in. long, 3-1 lin. diam. 
square ; bracts ovate, acute, strongly keeled. 
ab. Frequent in the East Sa a and gathered by 
Alexander at Chusan. S. semicordata of J. Scott’s ‘List of the 
Higher Cryptogams of the Calcutta Garden,’ p. 68, is founded on 
