Lycopodium.'] 
II. LYCOPODIACE/E. 
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IV. Leaves distichous. Spikes terminal, terete. 
Stems creeping, 1-2 ft. Spikes solitary or 2-nate 9. L. scariosum. 
Stems climbing, 2-10 ft. Spikes in branched panicles 10. L. volubile. 
1. L. Selago, Linn. ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 52. Rhizome stout, creeping. 
Stems 4-8 in. high, stout, cylindric, obtuse, | in. diam. Leaves densely 
imbricated, green or reddish, £-■§• in. long, usually erect or incurved, rarely 
squarrose or spreading, subulate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, quite entire 
or obscurely serrate. Capsules all axillary in the upper leaves. 
Middle Island : Nelson mountains, Bidwill ; Southern Alps, Haast ; Otago, lake dis- 
trict, Hector. A very common alpine and arctic plant, found in most cool mountainous 
damp regions of the globe. 
2. L. variura, Br . ; — FI. N. Z. i. 52. Rhizome short or 0. Stems 
tufted, stout, erect or pendulous from trees, 6-18 in. high, simple or branched. 
Leaves closely imbricated all round the stem, \ in. long, erect or spreading, 
linear, obtuse, decurrent, quite entire, dark green ; midrib obscure. Spikes 
terminal, sessile, 4-gonous, simple or branched, usually drooping; scales 
short, ovate, keeled, obtuse, sometimes foliaceous. — Hook, and Girev. Ic. Fil. 
t. 112. — L. sulcinervium, Spring. 
Northern and Middle Island : mountainous districts, abundant, Bieffenbacli, Colenso, 
etc. Lord Auckland's and Campbell’s Islands, J. B. H. A common Tasmanian 
plant, which, I suspect, passes into L. Selago on one hand and L. Billardieri on the other; 
it is scarcely distinguishable from a South African species. 
3. Li. Billardieri, Spring. ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 53. Rhizome short. Stems 
tufted, pendulous from trees, 2-4 ft. long, slender, rigid, cylindric, grooved, 
flexuous, branched. Leaves f in. long, scattered below, above close-set, 
imbricating all round, decurrent, linear-oblong or ligulate, obtuse or acute, 
the lower with sometimes an evident midrib. Spikes slender, flaccid, several 
inches long, dichotomously branched, 4-gonous; scales 4-fariously imbiicate, 
broadly ovate, obtuse, keeled, often smaller than the capsules. — L. Jlagellaria, 
A. Rich., not of Bory; L. Phlegmaria , A. Cunu., not of Linn. 
Abundant throughout the Northern and Middle Islands, Banks and Solander , etc. 
This almost passes into various tropical forms, but is not exactly similar to any. 
4. L. densum, Labill. FI. Nov. Holl. t. 251 ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 53. Rhi- 
zome stout, creeping. Stems tall, erect, woody, rigid, 1-3 ft. high, densely 
fastigiately branched ; branches erect or patent. Leaves imbricated all round, 
subulate, acuminate or piliferous, -Jg— | in. long, appressed spreading or squar- 
rose, sometimes 6-fariously imbricated. Spikes terminal, solitary, sessile, |-f 
in. long, cylindric, obtuse; scales scarious, spreading or squarrose, peltate, 
3-angular, jagged. Spores hispid. 
Northern Island : abundant, Banks and Solander, etc. Chatham Island, Bieffen- 
bacli. Also a native of Norfolk Island, Tasmania, Australia, and New Ireland. 
5. L. laterale, Br. ; — FI. N.'Z. ii. 53. Rhizome slender, creeping. 
Stems ascending or erect, 3-10 in. high, simple or divided, obtuse. Leaves 
imbricating all round, spreading and squarrose, { in. long, narrow-subulate. 
Spikes solitary, axillary, sessile, erect, | in. long, terete, obtuse; scales 4- 
farious, coriaceous, broadly ovate or rounded, suddenly contracted to a stiff 
erect point; margins scarious, jagged. — Labill. Serf. Nov. Caled. t. 15. 
