Hilb. Guiana. A close ally of S. Poeppigiana and Kunzeana. A rare
species in cultivation.
115. S. sYLVATicA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1881, 2 5 .— Stems with
the root-fibres confined to the lower half, about a foot loug, jointed
at the nodes, flat on the back, bisulcate on the face, copiously pinnate,
with copiously compound erecto-patent branches. Leaves of
the lower plaue close only at the tip of the branchlets, the upper
ascending, the lower patent, obloug-lanoeolate, acute, J-J- iu. long,
almost membranous in texture, more produced on the upper side of
the midrib, conspicuously ciliated at the base, broadly rounded and
imbricated over the stem on the upper side, slightly auricled oii the
lower; leaves of the upper plane a third as long, obllque-obloug,
with a long cusp. Spikes short, square, 4 hu. d iam .; bracts ovate,
strongly keeled.
Hab. In shaily woods near the town of Panama, Seemann 31 !
116. S. EUBYNOTA A. Br. iu Crypt. Nov. Gran. 377. — Stems
trailing, a foot or more long, jointed at the nodes, fiat on the back,
bisuloate on the face, copiously pimiate, the short erecto-patent
branches copiously compound. Leaves of the lower plaue spaced
even on the branches, ascending on the branchlets, lanceolate,
acute, 4 - 4 in. long, bright green aud moderately firm in texture,
nearly equal-sided, not distinctly auricled nor ciliated nor imbricated
over the stem at the b a s e ; leaves of the upper plane a third
as long, oblique-ovate, with a short cusp. Spikes copious, square,
1 - 4 iu. loug, 4 lin. d iam .; bracts ovate-cuspidate, strongly keeled.
Hab. Costa Eica, Hofmann 907! Guatemala, BernouilU 33! Empire
State, common in damp places, Sutton Hayes 228 ! Chiiiiiui, H a r t!
117. S. MNIOI0ES A. Br. iu Planch, and Triau. Crypt. Nov. Gran.
881. S. cilUiuricida and cirrhipes Spring. S. mniokles Spring ex
parte. S. diffusa Spring. Lycopodium mnioides Sieber. L . difiisum
Presl. — Stems entirely trailing, reaching 1 -2 ft. long, flat on the
back, bisulcate on the face, forked low down and copiously pinnate,
the ascending branches copiously compouud. Leaves of the lower
plaue spaced even on the branchlets, very much so on the stem,
spreading, ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, subaoute, l-8 th to
l-5 th in. long, bright green, moderately firm in texture, more produced
on the upper side of the distinct midrib, laterally attached,
but slightly cordate and imbricated over the stem at the base,
strongly ciliated and minutely auricled on both s id e s ; leaves of the
upper plane half as long, oblique-ovate, acute, not cuspidate.
Spikes 4 -4 in. loug, square, f lin. d iam .; bracts ovate-acute,
strongly keeled.
Hab. West Indies and Andes of Venezuela, New Granada, Ecuador, Bolivia,
and Panama. The locality ol Mauritius, given by Sieber lor his type, is no
doubt a mistake. S. macrophylla A. Br., I. c., from the Andes of Bolivia, seems
to be a large luxuriant variety of this species.
118. S. LiNGULATA Spring Mon. ii. 221. S. microtus A. Br.—
Stems trailing, reaching a foot in length, slender, flat on the back,
bisulcate on the face, jointed at the nodes, copiously pinnate, with
elongated ascending laxly-compound branches. Leaves of the
lower plane spaced on the branchlets, very much so on the main
stem, spreading, oblong, subobtuse, 4~4 iii- long, bright green and
moderately firm in texture, rather more produced on the upper side
of the m idrib, very obscurely ciliated, laterally attached and truncate
at the b a s e ; leaves of the upper plaue one-third to half as long,
oblique oblong, acute. Spikes 4 - f in. loug, 1 lin. diam., square;
bracts ovate lanceolate, crowded, strongly keeled.
Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson ! Spruce 4790 ! 5603 ! New Granada,
Sodiro!
1 1 9 . S. L in d ig i i A. Br. in Crypt. Nov. Gran. 3 8 1 . — Stems
trailing, reaching a foot in length, flat on the back, bisulcate on
the face, jointed at the nodes, copiously pinnately branched, the
branches copiously compound. Leaves of the lower plane much
spaced, spreading, ohlong-lanceolate, acute, ¿ “ o long> very
unequal-sided, the lower margin parallel with the midrib, the upper
rounded, laterally attached, truncate at the base, very obscurely
ciliated ; leaves of the upper plane half as long, oblong, acute, not
cuspidate. Spikes J - i in- long, square, 1 liu. d iam .; bracts ovate-
lanceolate, strongly keeled.
Hab. Ancles of New Granada, Lindig 1507 ! Holton 83 ! Ecuador, Spruce
4798! 6G76 ! Scarcely more th an a variety of lingulata.
120. S. K k a u s s ia n a a . Br. m Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1859, 22.
S. mnioides Spring ex parte. S. hortensis Mett. Lycopoodium
Kraussianum Kunze. L . deiiticidatum Hort. — Stems trailing, 4 -1
ft. long, jointed at the nodes, flat on the back, subterete on the
face, copiously pinnate, with copiously compound erecto-patent
branches. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous on the branchlets,
spaced on the branches and main stem, oblong-lanceolate, acute,
4 - 4 in. long, bright green, moderately firm in texture, a little more
produced on the upper side of the midrib, ciliated and broadly
rounded at the base, and a little imbricated over the s t em ; leaves
of the upper plane a third as loug, oblique ovate, acute, not cuspidate.
Spikes short, square, f - 1 lin. d iam .; bracts ovate cuspidate,
strongly keeled.
Hab. Cape Colony, Natal, Fernando Po, Cameroon Mountains, Azores,
Madeira, and reported also from Sicily. The commonest species in gardens,
where it is often grown under the name of “ Lycopodium dentieulatum." S.
Brownii Hort. Stansfield, is a dwarf variety from the Azores. I cannot distinguish
from this species S. remotifolia Spring in Plant. Junghuhn. 276, from the
mountains of Java, and S. japónica Mitxuel, Prolus. 349, from Japan, which has
already been referred to Kraussiana by Franchet and Savatier.
Group IV .—^
121. S. SPINULOSA Spring in PI. Junghuhn. 277, non A. B r .—
Stems very slender, trailing, 1 -2 in. long, little branched. Leaves
of the lower plane spaced even on the branchlets, oblong, obtuse,
4 lin. long, pale green, membranous, more rounded on the upper
side at the base aud strongly c ilia ted ; leaves of the upper plane
one-third to one-fourth as long, oblong, acute. Spikes short,
square, 4 hu. d iam .; bracts ovate cuspidate, strongly keeled.
Hab. Java, Zollinger 2011! A near ally of S. rotundifolia.
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