520 ltcopodiacejs. [ Lycopodium . 
L. ulicifolium, Vent. ; Buyer , HorU Maur. 424. L. Hippuris, Desv. 
L. proliferum, Blume. 
Mauritius and Seychelles, frequent in the hill-forests. Spread through the 
tropics of the Old World. 
4. L. gnidioides, Linn. ; Spring , Monog. Lycop. i. 55. Stems 1-2 
feet long, suberect in the lower, pendulous in the upper part, several 
times dichotomously forked. Leaves f— | in. long, lanceolate, subacute, 
all ascending, very thick and rigid in texture, with a distinct midrib. 
Capsules placed regularly in the axils of lanceolate acute leaves about 
| in. long in the upper 3-6 in. of the stem so as to form an in- 
distinct spike. 
Mauritius, frequent in the hill-forests. Also Bourbon and Cape. 
5. L. Phlegmaria, Linn. ; Spring , Monog. Lycop. i. 63. Stems 
pendulous, 1-2 feet long, once or twice dichotomously forked. Leaves 
moderately dense, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, \ in. long, spreading 
or rather ascending, bright green, broadly rounded at the base, fur- 
nished with a distinct midrib. Spikes slender, 3-6 in. long, sessile, 
2-4 times dichotomously forked ; bracts deltoid, the upper ones ob- 
scurely pointed, not longer than the capsules, the lower more distinctly 
pointed and a little longer. 
Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Seychelles, frequent in woods. Cosmopolitan in 
the Tropics. 
6. L. obtusifolium, Sw. ; Spring , Monog. i. 67. Stems pendulous, 
1-2 feet long, once or twice dichotomously forked. Leaves obovate, 
obscurely pointed, ^ in long, narrowed to the base, subsecund, rigid 
in texture, with an indistinct midrib. Spikes slender, 3-4 in. long, 
sessile, once or twice dichotomously forked ; bracts minute, deltoid, 
obscurely pointed. 
Mauritius, in the forests, Bory, Bojer. Also Bourbon, and may be conspecific 
with the Malayan L. nummulan folium, Blume. 
7. L. cernuum, Linn. ; Spring , Monog. Lycop. i. 79. Main stem 
stiffly erect, reaching a height of one or two feet, unbranched in the 
lower part, copiously furnished in the upper part with spreading or 
decurved very compound branches. Leaves dense, linear-subulate, 
-j-y- 1- in. long, spreading in the lower, curved upwards in their 
upper half. Spikes sessile, simple, in. long; bracts deltoid-cuspi- 
date, exceeding the very minute capsules. 
Mauritius and Seychelles, common in woods. Cosmopolitan in the tropical and 
warm temperate zones. 
8. L. carolinianum, Linn.; Spring , Monog. Lycop. 98. Main 
stem trailing to a length of £-1 foot, with a few short distant spreading 
