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THE FERNS OF SOUTH AFRICA 
L. cernuum Linn. Schl. Aduin. 5 ; Kze, Linnaea (1836); Pappe and 
Rawson, 49; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 183; Baker, Fern Allies, 23; Sim, 
Ferns of S. Afr., 1st ed., 244. 
Widely distributed in the tropics; growing on damp banks 
or among stones in sunshine. 
West.-^Hot springs of the Goudine (Mund); Klip River, Swellendam 
(Holland); Tulbagh, and Mitchell’s Pass (MacOwan); Bain’s Kloof, 
2000 ft (R. Schl. 10,257); Knysna (T. H. Rex, 845). 
East. — Bosch Kloof (Drege) ; Van Staaden’s River (Browning). 
Kaff. — Omsamwobo (Dr Atherstone); Magua, E. Pondoland (T. R. 
Sim). 
Natal. — Umgeni (Dr Rehmann, 8662) ; common on the coast, Durban 
Flat to Field’s Hill, Inanda, and Unrpumulo (Buchanan); Hilton 
Road (T. R. Sim); Zululand sour coast flats, Umlalazi (T. R. Sim). 
Transvaal. — Elandshoek (F. A. Rogers, 88); Rustenburg (M. Collins, 
776); Barberton (L. C. de Beer, 128); Rosehaugh (J. M. Sim). 
Rhodesia. — Chirinda, 3800 ft (Swyn. 458). 
205. Lycopodium clavatum Linn. 
Plate 180. Fig. 1. Nat, size, b Leaf. C Top of spike, slightly- 
enlarged. D Bract x 4. 
Stem procumbent, several yards long, pinnately branched, 
rooting at short intervals, generally with a long tail-like point, 
behind which the branches are short and simple, then dicho- 
tomous, then repeatedly dichotomous, or pinnate. Branches 
all more or less ascending, sometimes rooting, the lower ones 
very much branched, six to twelve inches long or elongating 
into fresh stems. Leaves finely toothed, firm, green, linear 
or subulate, channelled, one and a half to four lines long, 
loosely spreading, with the white hair point directed forward. 
Fertile part distinct, terminal on ordinary side branches, se- 
parated from the leafy part by a nearly naked stalk, two to 
six inches high, and divided into two, or sometimes into three 
or four, yellow shortly stalked spikes, two to three inches 
long, three lines diameter, with spreading, ovate, ciliated, 
pointed bracts. Roots firm, single, wiry. Common name 
is “Tod’s Tail,” or “Club moss.” 
L. clavatum. Linn. Sfi. ; Pappe and Rawson, 49 ; Baker, Fern 
Allies, 26; Sim, Ferns of S. Afr., 1st ed., 245. 
