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Hab. Vicinity of the Bay of Islands, New Zealand: in open, 

 elevated situations, among bushes. 



This species, though less a lover of shade than the L. dendroideum, 

 is very similar in habit; but has its leaves more appressed to the 

 stem, and the spikes are shorter and more numerous. 



14. Ltcopodium cernuum, Linn. 



Lycopodium cernuum, Linn, ex Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 178 j Raddi, PL Brasil. 1, p. 78 ; 

 Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. p. 284 ; Hook. Bot. Misc. 2, p. 369 (excl. (3. curvatum & 

 syn.); Spring, in Mem. Acad. Brux. 15, p. 79, pro parte. 



Hab. Vicinity of Estrella and Rio Janeiro, Brazil. Tahiti, Society 

 Islands. Samoan and Feejee Islands. 



In the plants from the Pacific Islands the stems are furnished with 

 a short pubescence, of which the Brazilian plant is destitute. 



15. Ltcopodium curvatum, Sw. 



Lycopodium curvatum, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 178 & 402 ; Willd. Spec. PI. 5, p. 31 ; 

 Blume, Enum. PI. Jav. 2, p. 266; Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. p. 284; Spring, in 

 Mem. Acad. Brux. 15, p. 81. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands; frequent. 



We concur with Blume and Gaudichaud in considering this as 

 distinct from L. cernuum, Linn., to which it has sometimes been 

 referred. The whole plant is larger, of a more rigid and robust 

 habit, with broader and stiffer incurved leaves; and the spikes are 

 almost invariably longer, their scales broader and more spreading. 



16. Lycopodium laxum, Presl. 



Lycopodium laxum, Presl, Eel Haenk. p. 83 ; Spring, in Mem. Acad. Brux. 15, p. 60. 

 L. acrostachyum, Hook. & Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 181. 

 L. flagellaria, Bory; Hook. Bot. Misc. 2, p. 370, & 3, p. 105. 



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