Group 3. Bracliystaclujoe. Persistent species with continuous
ascending stems.
Asiatic . . . . 2 9 5 -2 9 7
African . . . . 2 9 8 -2 9 9
Group 4. Suherusee. Fugacious species, with continuous ascending
stems.
Asiatic and Polynesian . Sp. 3 0 0 -3 1 8
African . . . Sp. 319-8 2 5
American . . . Sp. 3 2 6 -3 3 4
Subgenus I .— S e l a g in e l l a p e o p e k .
1. S. spiNOSA P. B . riithog. 112. <S. spinulosa A. Br. S.
selai/inoiiles Link. Lycopodium selat/inoides L in u .; Schk. Krypt. t.
165; Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 5 2 ; E n g . Bot. t. 1148. L . ciliatum
Lam .— Barren stems short, trailing, slender, little branched, with
sliort ascending liranclies. Leaves lax and spreading on the lower
part of the barren branches, dense and ascending upwards,
lanceolate, 1 -1 liii. long, acute, bright green, ciliated, thin but
moderately firm iu texture ; midrib obscure. Fertile stems erect,
simple, 2 -3 in. long, with a leafy peduncle about as long as the
spike. Spike multifarious ; bracts lax, ascending, lanceolate or
ovate-lanceoiate, 4 - 4 in. long, similar to the leaves in texture,
strongly ciliated, not acutely keeled.
Hab. Arctic and temperate zones of Europe and North America, in damp
places.
2. S. DEFLEXA Bracken. F il. Amer. Expl. Expedit. 832, t. 4 5 .—
Stems tufted, flexuose, ascending, stramineous, 3 -4 in. long,
simple or little branched. Leaves multifarious, crowded, uniform,
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, under a line long, acute, strongly
reflexed, thin but firm in texture, conspicuously bristle-ciliated.
Spikes I - I 4 in- long, 4 hi. diam., sessile ; bracts similar to the
leaves iu shape, texture and ciliation, but larger, tlie lower
patent, the upper ascending.
Hab. Bandwieh Islands, Dr. Hildebrand
8. S. P e e is s ia n a Spring Mon. ii. 61. Lycopodium yraciUimum
Kunze Farnn. tab. 100, fig. 2. L . musciforme P . M.— Stems tufted,
very slender, square, stramineous, erect, 1 -2 in. long including
the spike, usually simple. Leaves uniform, lax, spreading,
decussate, lanceolate, about 4 lin. long, not ciliated, thin but
moderately firm in texture, acute, with a distinct midrib. Spikes
4 lin. diam., reaching down nearly to the base of the stems ; bracts
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, ascending, imbricated, acutely keeled.
Hab. West Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania, in damp ground.
4. S. ULiGiNOSA Spring. Mon. ii. 60. Lycopodium uliyinosum
Labill. Pi. Nov. Holl. ii. 154. t. 251. —- Stems densely tufted,
slender, pale, square, 8 -1 2 iu. long, with several ascending laxly
piunately arranged simple or forked branches in the upper half.
Leaves lax, decussate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, ^ -1 lin. long.
acute, thin but firm in texture, spreading or rather ascending,
entire. Spikes copious, sessile at the end of the branches,
4 -1 in. long, 1 4 -2 lin. diam.; bracts ovate or ovate-lanooolate,
much imbricated, similar to the leaves hi texture, acutely keeled.
Hab. Ea s t Austraiia, frequent from Queensland to Victoria and Tasmania,
in swamijs.
5 . s . PÜMILA Spring Mon. ii. 60. Lycopodium pumilum Schleoht.
Adumb. 6. t. 8. L . pyyiuccmn K a u lf.; Kunze Farnn. t. 100, fig. 1.
L . hrgoides Kaulf.— Stems tufted, very slender, stramineous, erect
or decumbent, if the former not more than 2 -8 in. long, simple or
distantly pinnate, with short simple ascending branches. Leaves
very lax, spreading, ovate or lanceolate, acute, 4~1 ütt- 1oBo> pale
green, very thin and membranous in texture, not ciliated. Spikes
terminal, 4 -4 in, long, l-1 2 th to l-8 th iu. d iam .; bracts deltoid,
acute, imbricated, erecto-patent, 4 hn. loug, convex on the back,
but not acutely keeled.
Hab. Cape Colony, in shady and damp places. L . pimmceum Kaulf. is a
form with short tufted erect stems and smaller narrower loaves; L. hnjoUles
Kaulf. a form with longer trailing stems and broader larger less acute leaves.
6. S. EDPBSTEIS Spring in FI. Bras. i. 118. Lycopodium rupestre
L in n .; Schk. Krypt. t. 165 ; Eaddi F il. Bras. t. 4 bis, fig. 2.
L . bryopteris Wall., non L in n .; I.. Dreyei Presl. Dill. Muse. t. 63,
g g . 1 1 . — Stems densely tufted, decumbent or ascending, reaching
4- I ft. long, with distant pinnately arranged simple or slightly
compound branches. Leaves dense, multifarious, uniform^ ascending,
densely imbricated, linear or linear-lanceolate, 4~1 lin- long,
with a distinct transparent awn, pale green, convex and sulcate on
the back, rigid in texture, strongly ciliated. Spikes square,
sessile, 4 -1 in. long, 4 lin. d iam .; bracts rigid, ovate-lanceolate,
acute, much imbricated, acutely keeled.
Hab. North and south temperate zone of both the Old and New Worlds;
also on the Andes, Himalayas, and mountains of Brazil and Ceylon. The most
widely spread species of the genus, but not known in Europe. Milde Eil. Eur.
262 defines ten varieties. S. tortipila A. Br., from the mountains of bouth
Carolina is a dwarf form with leaves more gibbous on the back, short ciha, and
a sudden denticulate awn. L . strnthioloides Nutt., from California, has also
very thick short leaves and a sudden awn, combined with a suberect habit and
and more compound branches than usual. L . bryoides Nutt, is a very dwarf
form with decumbent main stems, with short close stout ascending leafy
branches.
7. S. OKEGANA Baton in S. Wats. Bot. Calif. 350. — Stems
pendent," flaccid, 1 -6 feet long, pinnate, much branched. Leaves
uniform, linear-lanceolate, green, convex and grooved on the back,
sparsely denticulate, scarcely a line long, acute but not bristle-
tipped. Spikes square, very slender, resembling the sterile
branchlets.
Hah. Oregon, hanging from branches, in moist forests, in dense masses.
Discovered by General Kautz in 1855.
8 S. SANGUINOLENTA Spring Mon. ii. 57. Lycopodium sanguino-
lentuin Linn. Sp. 1567 ; Amoeii. Acad. ii. 363, tab. 4, fig. 26. —
Stems densely matted, often forked at the base, very slender,