firm in texture, not ciliated, cuiieate-trunoate ou the upper, nearly
square on the lower side at the base, not at all imbricated over the
stem ; leaves of the upper plane ovate-lanceolate, acute, ha lf as
long. Spikes square, f - 1 iu. long, J lin. diam. ; bracts ovate
onsqiidate, strongly keeled.
tlab . Ea s t Himalayas, Birma, South China, Philixqnues, Malay and Polynesian
Islands. Hare in cultivation.
222. S. ANEITENSE Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 21. - Suberect,
with the habit of S. canaliculata, but muoh dwarfer ; pinuæ patent,
deltoid, 2 -3 in. long and broad, cuueate at the base, the lower
pinnules with slightfy compound tertiary segments, the divisions
ol all grades erecto-patent. Leaves of the lower plane spaced
even ou the branchlets, ascending, ovate-lanceolate, acute, a line
long 011 the main branches, much smaller ou the ultimate segments,
bright green, firm iu texture, not ciliated, dilated aud rounded ou
the upper side at the base, not iinbrioated over the stem ; leaves of
the upper plaue nearly as long, obhque lanceolate, acute, not
cuspidate. Spikes square, f - 4 in. long, J- lin. diam. ; bracts ovate
cuspidate, strongly keeled.
Hab. Aneitum, Dv. Turnbull I A very distinct jilant, most like S. canali-
culata on a smaller scale.
223. S. H o o k e r i Baker in Jo im i. Bot. 1885, 2 1 .— Habit of S.
inoegualifülia and canalicnlata ; pinnæ deltoid, J -1 ft. long, each
with several regularly pinnate, lanceolate acuminate pinnules,
with as many as 20 erecto-patent contiguous simple tertiary se g ments,
the longest reaching an inch in length on each side. Leaves
of the lower plane crowded, rather ascending, oblong-lanceolate,
subaoute, bright green, moderately firm in texture, l - 12th to
l - 8th in. loug, obscurely petioled, rounded on both sides at the
base, more so on the lower, not ciliated, not imbricated over the
stem ; leaves of the upper plane very small, obtuse, with a distinct
cusp. Spikes square, terminal on the tertiary divisions, f - J in.
long, 1 lin. diam. ; bracts ovate cuspidate, strongly keeled.
Hab. Khasia Mountains, Hook. fil. <& Thomson !
224. S. YIBIDANGULA Spring in P lant. Herb. Vanheurck. i. 29.
— Stems suberect, sarmentóse, 3 -4 ft. long ; piunæ deltoid, reaching
a foot ill length, erecto-patent, the pinnules with simple upper and
compouud lower erecto-patent tertiary divisions, the ultimate segments
usually 4 -1 iu. long, the branches bright green at the base.
Leaves of the lower plane contiguous or nearly so on the branchlets,
lanceolate, falcate, acute, l - 8 th to l-5 th in. long ( f in. long and
much spaced on the pinnæ), bright green, moderately firm in
texture, not ciliated, truncate at the base, dilated, especially on the
lower side, not at all imbricated over the stem ; leaves of the upper
plane very small, oblong, with a distinct cusp. Spikes square,
1 -2 in. long, 1 lin. diam. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, strongly keeled.
Hab. Mountain forests of Fiji, Seemann 707 bis ! Daemel 187 ! M ilm 196 !
545 !
OHiL®î^sis Spring Mon. ii. 141. Lycopodium cldlense
Willd.— Stems sarmentóse, suberect, 2 -3 ft. long ; piunæ lanceolate
or lanceolate-deltoid, 8 -6 in. long, the lower pinnules with 8—10
tertiary branchlets. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous, oblong-
lanceolate, acute, equal-sided, not ciliated, auricled on the upper
side at the base, out away on the lower s id e ; leaves of the upper
plaue a third as long, ohlong-lanceolate, very falcate. Spikes
square, f in. long ; bracts ovate cuspidate.
Hab. Mexico, Peru, and Chili. May be conspecific with S. canulienlatu.
Series V.— S o a n d e n t e s .
226. S. SCANDBNS Spring Mon. ii. 192. Lycopodium scandeus
Swartz ; Kunze Kam i. t. 10. Stachyyynandnwi scandens P. Beauv.
FI. Owar. t. 7. — Stems slender, pale straw-coloured, polished,
climbing indefinitely ; penultimate divisions lanceolate, with a
flexuose axis, and spreading or ascending parallel spaced simple
ultimate divisions 4 -1 in. long. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous
011 the ultimate branchlets, spreading, lanceolate, acute,
4 in. long, blue-green, rather thin in textnre, slightly dilated ou the
upper side at the base, hardly at all imbricated over the stem ;
leaves of the upper plane very small, oblong-hiiiceolate, cuspidate.
Spikes square, J - l iu. long ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, strongly
keeled.
Hab. West Tropical Africa, from Senegambia southward along the coast
to the Equator.
227. S. WiLDENovii Baker in Gard. Chron. 1867, 950. S. loeviyata
Spring Mon. ii. 187. Lycopodium laviyatum Willd., non Lam. L .
Wildenomi Desv. ; Hook. & Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 57. L. pcllucidum
Desv. I j . bicolor and coesium-arboreum Hort.— Steins climbing to a
length of 1 2 -2 0 ft. or more ; pinnæ spreading, deltoid, reaching a
length of 1 -2 ft., the pinnules deltoid aud decompound, the ultimate
branchlets short and contiguous. Leaves of the lower plaue
crowded, ascending, ovate or oblong, l-1 2 th to l-8 th in. long,
green with a tint of blue, moderately firm iu texture, not ciliated,
obscurely petioled, cordate ou both sides at the base, not imbricated
over the stem ; leaves of the upper plane a third as long, oblique
ohloiig, acute, not cuspidate. Spikes square, J - l in. long, J lin.
diam. ; bracts suborbicular, with a short cusp, scarcely larger than
the sporaugia.
Hab. Ea s t Himalayas, Philippines, Cochin China, Malay Peninsula aud
Isles. Well known in cultivation. I have not seen the Brazilian plant referred
here by Spring ; his African locality refers to S. scandens.
228. S. e x a l t a t a Spring Mon. ii. 145. Lycopodium exultatum
Kunze.— Stems climbing to a length of 5 0 -6 0 ft. ; pimiæ deltoid,
reaching a length of 8 -4 ft. ; pinnules hinceolate, with numerous
erecto-patent simple parallel tertiary hrauchlets seldom above an
inch long. Leaves of the lower plaue contiguous, oblong-lanoeolate,
falcate, acute, l-1 2 th to l-8 th iu. long, bright green, moderately
firm in texture, nearly equal-sided, not ciliated, nearly tniiioate at
the base, not imbricated over the stem ; leaves of the upper plane
very small, oblique oblong, shortly cuspiidate. Spikes square,