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crowded, in several series. Sporangia abundant, exposed, reniform i-i 
li. w., much expanded. 
A terrestrial species, growing on open banks and 
other grassy places. The stems are ere6t, but as they 
bifurcate, and lengthen they curve and rest on the 
ground. It is a stiff species, but the stems are not rigid, 
being fleshy. While green they are 1-2 li. thick without 
the leaves. 
General distribution — West Indies southward to Brasil 
and Peru. 
9. Lycopodium intermedium, Spring.— Fl. Brasil p. in. L. reflexum, 
Presl. — Branches slender, ribbed, distantly dichotomous few or several 
times, reaching 2 ft. long, the divisions relatively few, parallel or 
spreading more or less, not decrescent. Leaves recurved throughout, 
7- or 8-farious, linear-subulate, 2-2^ li. 1. \ 1. w., very laxly arranged on 
the ribs ; margins even or slightly serrated. Sporangia about i li. w. 
reniform. 
SCHOMBURGK n. 1 1 92. — A more slender species than 
reflexum, with longer interbranches, and smaller more 
recurved and laxer leaves. The branches are the same 
size and the leaves the same length from the primary 
stem to the ends of the branches. The top of the re- 
curved leaves is turned quite round to the base, and thus 
they form nearly a circle. 
General distribution — Andes of Ecuador, SPRUCE n. 
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10. Lycopodium mandiocanum, Raddi.— F. Brasil p. no. L. dicho- 
tomum Hook et Grev. Icon. Fil. t. 22.— Branches strong, leafy from 
the base, once to several times dichotomous, parallel or divaricating, 
firm and erect or spreading, ribbed. Leaves 8-farious, close, rather 
crowded, linear- subulate, straight, or curved, spreading variously,— 
horizontally, defiexed or up-curved, often falcate, ^rd-J li, w. f-l in. 1., 
even-edged, purple at the base, not decrescent upwards, the outer ones 
often seeming longer but really not so. Abundantly fertile, the sporan- 
gia cordate, much exposed. 
