Lycopodium\ lycopodiace^. 105 



■easily and satisfactorily cultivated, as its habit is almost exactly 

 similar. 



4. L. densum, LabUl 



Rhizome short, stout, creeping. Stems 1-3 ft. high, rigid, erect, 

 •densely branched above ; branches usually erect. Leaves imbricated 

 all round the stem, the lowest ^-J in. long, those on the branches 

 tVtV %>/!i%^^5j}^) acuminate or scarious at the tips, appressed, 

 spreading or "sguarrose. Spikes J-f in. long, numerous, terminal, 

 erect, and sessile ; scales ovate-lanceolate or 3-angular, with 

 spreading or squarrose, scarious tips. ,^ 



Distribution. — Tasmania, Australia, Norfolk Island, and New " 

 Zealand. Also in Chatha,m Islands. 



Common in the northern portion of the N. Island of New Zea- 

 land, from N. Cape to the Hot Lake district, and ascending to 2,500 

 feet at the Thames. There is said to be one locality in the South 

 Island where it occiirs, but I am not aware where it is. In its most 

 robust forms this is the most tree-like species of the genus in this 

 colony. 



5. L. cernuum, L. 



Stems stout, 2-3 ft. long, creeping and leafy, sending up numerous 

 stiff, much-divided branches, 6-12 in. high. Leaves \ in. long, 

 subulate, imbricated all round the stem, incurved or spreading. 

 Spikes \-\ in. long, terminal, cylindric, sessUe, nodding; scales ovate- 

 lanceolate, with long tips, margins scarious, ciliate and serrulate 

 above, usually imbricating in 8 rows. 



Distribution. — A common species in all tropical and sub-tropical 

 regions of the world, and often in favourable localities attaining an 

 elevation of 5 or 6 ft. 



With us its area is a restricted one, ranging from the Thames 

 River northwards. It occurs in the greatest abundance in the Hot 

 Lake district, luxuriating in the hot, steamy atmosphere of the 

 boiling pools and springs. 



6. L. ramulosum, Kirh. 



"A procumbent plant, forming compact masses; stems 2-4: in. long, 

 rather stout, repeatedly dichotemously branched ; leaves crowded all 

 round the stem, imbricated or spreading, ^-\ in. long, narrow- 

 subulate, coriaceous above, acute or pungent ; spikes numerous, 

 terminal ^-f in. long, bracts small, sessile, ovate, abruptly acuminate, 

 slightly toothed." 



Habitat. — Hokitika and Okarita (Westland). 

 This species is described and figured by Mr. Kirk in the " N.Z. 

 Inst. Trans.," vol. xL p. 456. I do not know it. 



