Lycopodiume| LYCOPODIACEAE. 99 
B. Lepidotis. Leaves multifarious. Sporangia aggregated into distinct terminal spikes, 
at the upper base of bracts differing in shape and size from the leaves. 
* Epiphytic or rupestral, rarely terrestrial. Stems often pendulous, dichotomously 
forked from the base. Spikes slender, tetragonous. 
Stems 6-24 in., usually erect, stout, rigid. Spikes 2-6 in., stout, 
curved ; bracts about 4in., the upper decidedly longer than 
the sporangia .. -f by .. 2, D. varium. 
piss a: 5 ft., pendulous, very slender. Spikes 1-4 in.; bracts -_ 
sos in., the upper scarcely longer than the sporangia .. & DL. Billardiers. 
** Stems erect, rigid, dendroid, simple below, copiously branched above. Spikes 
terminal, sessile, cylindrical. 
Stems 1-3 ft.; branches ascending, dense, fastigiate. Spikes 
3-1 in., erect ; bracts broadly ovate, acute but not cuspidate 4, DL. denswm. 
Stems 3-2 ft.; branches spreading. Spikes 1-4 in., incurved or 
pendulous ; bracts broadly ovate with a long cuspidate point 5. L. cernwum. 
*** Stems slender, erect or procumbent, sparingly or diffusely branched. Spikes 
lateral or terminal on short lateral branchlets. 
Stems 4-18 in., erect, simple or BUC HOVOMROUSLY forked ; branches 
erect. Spikes lateral, sessile, $2 in. long . .. 6. L. laterale. 
Stems 2-9 in., procumbent or prostrate, much branched, often 
with the branches interlaced. Spikes terminating short lateral 
branchlets -»" ~~ os — oa .. 7. L. ramulosum. 
*xk* Main stem creeping, with erect or ascending branches. Spikes terminal, on 
long peduncles, 
Stems 2-6 in., creeping and rooting, leafy; fertile branches or 
peduncles simple, strict, erect, 2-6 in. long. Spikes 4-$in... 8. L. Drummondi. 
Stems 6-24 in., creeping; branches 3-14 in., erect or ascending, 
fastigiately branched. Spikes #-2in. long, on peduncles 
terminating the upper branchlets. . ne ~ .. 9. L. fastigiatum. 
C. Diphasium. Leaves distichous and dimorphous. Sporangia aggregated into distinct 
terminal spikes ; bracts small. 
Stems 1-3 ft., creeping; branches 3-12 in., ascending or erect, 
flattened. Spikes 1-2in., solitary, terminal; bracts with 
spreading tips .. _ Le .. 10. ZL. scariosum. 
Stems 2-8 ft., scrambling — or climbing ; ; branches flabellately 
divided, flattened. Spikes 1-4 in., in large panicles at the 
ends of _ branches ; : bracts nerihs ‘small appressed tips « Alot. volubile. 
L. L. Selago Choe Be. Plant (1753) 1565.—Stems 3-19 in. long, coms 
shortly decumbent and rooting at the base, erect above, several times 
dichotomously forked, densely leafy throughout : branches 2-9 in. long, 
t-lin. diam. including the leaves, stout, rigid, erect, cylindric, often uniform 
in heigh¢ and forming dense level- topped tufts. Leaves crowded, ascending 
or rarely spreading, 4-}in. long, subulate-lanceolate, acuminate, sometimes 
almost pungent, quite entire or minutely denticulate, firm, dark-green 
and glossy, sometimes with pedicelled leafy bulbils in the axils. Sporangia 
solitary on the upper surface of the unaltered leaves near their base, often 
at intervals all down the stem, but usually most abundant in the upper 
part, not forming a distinct spike——Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii (1855) 52 ; 
Fl. Tasm. ii (1860) 155, t. 170A; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 389; Benth. Fl. 
Austral. vii (1878) 674; Bak, Fern Allies (1887) 9; Thoms. N.Z. Ferns 
(1882) 108; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 1035. 
NortH Istanp: Mountainous districts from Mount Tauhara (near Lake Taupo) 
southwards to the Tararua Range, apparently local. Sourn Istanp, Srmwart IsuanD: 
Abundant in mountain districts, usually between 1500 and 5000 ft., but descends 
almost to sea-level in Stewart Island. 
An abundant plant on moors and heaths in cool or damp mountainous localities 
throughout the world. 
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