330 



F I L 1 C E S. 



26. Ltcopodium heterophyllum, Hook. & Orev. 



Lycopodium heterophyllum, Hook. & Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 113; Spring, in Mem. Acad. 

 Brux. 15, p. 88. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands ; on Mouna Loa, Hawaii, at the altitude of 

 8,000 feet. 



The leaves of the branches and peduncles are very dissimilar; 

 those of the former being subulate, entire, spreading, and slightly 

 incurved at the point ; while those of the peduncles are more distant, 

 their margins spinulose-serrate, and bearing at the point a slender, 

 diaphanous hair. The spikes are usually in threes, and scarcely over 

 an inch in length. 



§ 2. STIPULATE. 

 * Ramis complanatis erectis. 



27. Lycopodium complanatum, Linn. 



Lycopodium complanatum, Linn, ex Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 180; Willd. Spec. PI. 5, p. 



19 ; Hook. Bot. Misc. 2, p. 378 ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2, p. 267 ; Spring, in 



Mem. Acad. Brux. 15, p. 101. 

 L. thyoides, Raddi, Plant. Brasil. p. 80; Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. p. 284. 



Hab. Brazil : on the Organ Mountains. Tahiti, Society Islands : 

 on mountain ridges, destitute of trees. 



Our North American plant and varioilfe specimens from elevated 

 situations within the tropics do not differ in any important character 

 from each other; at least so far as concerns the Brazilian and Tahitian 

 plants. 



