62 A FLORA OF MANILA 



of the branches, in the axils of bracts (modified leaves) , coriaceous, com- 

 pressed, 1-celled, opening by a slit down the back. Spores all of one kind, 

 minute, globose, gfanulated. 



Genera 2, species 150 or more all parts of the world, 1 genus in the 

 Philippines. 



1. LYCOPODIUM Linnaeus 



Characters of the Family as given above. (Greek "wolf" and "foot.") 

 Species 150 or more in all parts of the world, about 20 in the Philippines. 

 None of the following species groyy naturally within our area, but all 

 are indigenous Philippine forms found in Manila in cultivation. 



1. Leaves little different from the sporangia-bracts and passing into them 

 g^radually. 

 2. Stout, the leaves linear-lanceolate, spreading, 1 to 1.5 cm long. 



1. h. sqiiarrosum 



2. Slender, the leaves appressed, less than 1 cm long 2. L. carinatum 



1. Leaves very different from the bracts, the sporangia in distinct, slender, 

 elongated, simple, forked spikes. 



2. Leaves ovate, 5 to 8 mm long 3. L. filiforme 



2. Leaves lanceolate, 1 to 1.5 cm long, less than 5 mm wide. 



4. L. phyllanthum 



1. L. squarrosum Forst. 



A stout pendulous epiphyte 40 to 70 cm long, once or twice dichotom- 

 ous>ly forked, the stems about 1 cm in diameter. Leaves very numerous, 

 crowded, spreading, or somewhat' ascending, lanceolate, acuminate, shining, 

 1 to 1.5 cm long, less than 2 mm wide, entire, the midrib distinct, the spikes 

 stout, 5 to 12 cm long, the bracts leaf -like and little smaller than the leaves. 



Occasionally cultivated in hanging baskets, etc.; widely Sistributed in 

 the Philippines. India to the Mascarene Islands through Malaya to Poly- 

 nesia. 



2. L. carinatum Desv. 



A slender pendulous epiphyte 40 to 80 cm in length, several to many 

 times dichotomously branched, the stems 2 to 3 mm in diameter (without 

 the leaves) the branches somewhat 4-angled by the 4-ranked leaves or 

 bracts. Leaves rather close, ascending, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 6 

 to 8 mm long. Spikes elongated, square, 3 to 4 mm in diameter, up to 40 

 cm in length, simple or forked, the bracts 4 to 5 min long, urominently 

 keeled. 



Occasionally cultivated in hanging baskets, etc.; of local occurrence in 

 the Philippines. India to Formosa, southward to Malaya and Polynesia. 



3. L. filiforme Roxb. , 



Slender pendulous epiphytes, the stems 2 mm in diameter or less, usually 

 several times dichotomously branched. Leaves ovate, acute, 5 to 8 mm 

 long, 3 to 6 mm wide, acute, spreading, laxly disposejd. Spikes very slender, 

 simple or dichotomously branched, 5 to 20 cm long, less than 2 mm in 

 diameter, the bracts ovate, about 1 mm long, but little longer than the 

 sporangia. 



Occasionally cultivated in hanging baskets, etc.; widely distributed in 

 the Philippines, but local. India to Malaya. 



