LYC0P0DIACEJ3. 
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1. LYCOPODIUM, Linn. 
Capsules 1-celled* 2-valved, scattered or crowded into a terminal 
spike. Spores marked with 3 radiating lines. — Leaves in all the 
Mauritian species multifarious and uniform. Distrib. Cosmopolitan. 
Species about 100. 
Capsules placed in the axils of unaltered leaves all down 
the stem. 
Stems stiffly erect, stout, simple, or once forked . . 1. L. Saururus. 
Stems pendulous, slender, many times forked .... 2. L. verticillatum. 
Capsules placed in the axils of iittle altered leaves so as 
to form an indistinct spike. 
Leaves linear 3. L. squarrosum. 
Leaves lanceolate 4. L. Gnidioides. 
Capsules forming a distinct spike. 
Branching of the main stem dichotomous. 
Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute 5. L. Phlegmaria. 
Leaves ohovate, obtuse 6. L. obtusifolium. 
Branching of the main stem pinnate. 
Spikes in. long, sessile 7. L. cernuum. 
Spikes 1-2 in. long, peduncled. 
Spikes simple 8. L. carolinianum. 
Spikes panicled 9. L. clavatum. 
1. L. Saururus, Lam. ; Spring , Monog. Lycop. i. 21. Stems 
densely tufted, stout, stiffly erect, |-1 foot long, simple or once forked, 
with erect branches. Leaves lanceolate, acute, -f-J in. long, bright 
green and glossy, all ascending, very thick and rigid in texture, 
wrinkled, with an obscure midrib. Capsules hidden in the axils of 
unaltered leaves all down the stem. 
Mauritius, on the mountains, Thouars, Bojer. Also Cape, Bourbon, and hills of 
Tropical Africa and America. I have not seen a Mauritian specimen. 
2. L. verticillatum, Linn.; Spring , Monog. Lycop. i. 46. Stems 
densely tufted, slender, pendulous, 1-2 feet long, many times equally 
dichotomously forked. Leaves linear-subulate, ■§— £ in. long, all ascend- 
ing, furnished with a distinct midrib. Capsules hidden in the axils of 
unaltered leaves in the upper half of the stem. L. acerosum, Sw. ; 
Bojer , Sort. Maur. 423. 
Mauritius, in dense forests of the Savanne range, Bojer ! Also Bourbon, Natal, 
and Tropical America. 
3. L. squarrosum, Forst. ; Spring , Monog. Lycop. i. 52. Stems 
1-2 feet long, suberect in the lower, pendulous in the \ upper half, 
several times dichotomously forked. Leaves linear, acute, with a dis- 
tinct midrib, the lower ones spreading, | in. long, the upper ones 
erecto-patent. Capsules placed regularly in the axils of lanceolate 
leaves J-J in. long in the upper 6-9 in. of the stem so as to form 
an indistinct spike. L. verticillatum, Willd. ; Bojer , Hort. Maur. 
423, not Linn. L. epicesefolium, Desv. ; Bojer , Hort. Maur. 423. 
