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The Ferns of South Africa. 
Synopsis of the species. 
§ Capsules in the axils of ordinary leaves all along the stem. 
159. L. Saururus. Stem erect, leaves strap shaped, one line broad, 
shortly pointed. 
160. L. verticillatum. Stem pendulous ; leaves subulate, very narrow. 
§§ Capsules confined to upper parts of the branches, and having bracts rather 
different from the leaves, but passing gradually into them. 
161. L. gnidioides. 
§§§ Capsules in short distinct spikes with bracts different from the leaves, 
but with ordinary leaves up to the base of the spike. Stem sub-erect. 
162. L. cernuum. 
§§§§ Capsules in distinct cylindrical or forked spikes, with changed bracts, 
and having a nearly leafless stalk of several inches. Leaves on all 
sides of the procumbent stem. 
163. L. clavatum. 
§§§§§ Capsules in a cylindrical spike on a nearly leafless stalk. Lower side 
of the procumbent stem leafless, and the leaves of two kinds all along 
the stem. 
164. L. Carolinianum. 
159. Lycopodium Saururus. Lam. 
Plate CLI. Natural size. 
Stems upright, once or twice dichotomously forked, six to 
eighteen inches long, half-inch diameter, including leaves, and 
producing capsules in the axils of unchanged leaves along the 
stem. Leaves ligulate, half-inch long, one line broad, thickly 
coriaceous, entire, shortly pointed, and loosely adpressed. This is 
not unlike a small state of L. gnidioides, but the capsules are not 
confined to the points of the branches, nor are the leaves reduced 
to bracts where fertile. 
L. Saururus. Lam.; Baker, Fern Allies, 10; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 186; 
Buchanan’s List, 27. 
South America, Africa, and its Islands ; growing on stones. 
Cape. — (Ecklon and Zeyher, Kuhn). 
Natal. — Nottingham Bush, and Lynedoch (Buchanan). 
