L Y C O P O D IU M . L h u i.
The character of the Genus has been given at T a b . LX X X V III.
Dr Greville and myself have attempted, in the Botanical Miscellany, vol. 2. p. 363, to
divide this very extensive Genus into natural groups, as follows:
I. E x s t i p u l a t a . (P olysticha. M a r t.)
A. Selagines. Capsulis a x illa r ib u s. (T h is is illustrated a t our T a b .
L X X X V I I I .)
B. Spicata. S p o ra n g iis spicatis: to which belong the well-known L . cernuum,
and L . c lavatum , and L . Ph leg n ia ria .
I I . S t i p u l a t a . (Oligosticha. M a r t.)
A. Complanata. (T ris tic h a . M a r t.) ramis compressis cum fo liis distichis de-
currentibus c o a d u n a tis ; stipulis uniseriatis. T h is g roup is illustrated a t our
present plate, T a b . C X V I I . A, in th e instance of L . complanatum. L .
B. Stachygynandrum. B e a u v . (T e tra s tic h a . M a r t.) fo liis distichis, stipulis
biseriatis, semper supeHorihus (sporangiis b ifo rm ib u s); of which L . atro-
v ir id e , Wall. T a b . N o s t k . C X V I I . B, i s an example.
T a b . C X V II. A .— Fig . 1 . Portion o f 7 . complanatum, L . ; nat. s i z e i f 2 , 3 . Branches with leaves
and stipules : f . 4. Spike : f . 6. Fe rtile scale of the sp ik e : f 6. Sporangium magnified.
T ab. C X V II. B Fig. 1. P ortion o f L . atroviride, W all.; n a t. s ize : f . 2. U p p e r: a n d / 3.
under side of a portion of the stem with leaves and stipules : / 4. Spike : / 5. Sporangium and scale,
with minute granular sp o ru le s; / 6. Sporangium and scale, with large grains or sporules j—
magnified.