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LY CO PO D IUM SU B U L I FO L IUM.
L y c o p o d i n e æ . Swartz., Br., Kaulf. S t a c h y o p t e r i d e s . Willd.
G e n . C h a r . L Y C O P O D I U M , L in n . Capsulæ u n ilo c u la re s , ax illa re s , s e s s ile s ; a liæ b iva lve s,
f a r in a re p le tæ ; aliæ 2—3-va lve s, c o rp u s c u lis 1— 6 , g lo b o s is . B r .
In co YO -ù io u . s u b u lifo lium ; c a id e d ic h o tom o , foliis e re c tis im b ric a tis su b u la tis r ig id is in te g e r r im is
v ix n e rv o s is , c ap su lis in p a r te s u p e rio re c au lis a x illa rib u s .
H a b . e N e p a lia c om m u n ic a v it Cel. TVallich, a n n o 18 18 le c tum .
R a d ix densissime cæspitosa, fibrosa.
Coulis (pendens ?) pedalis, dichotome divisus, ramis fructiferis elongatis flexuosis.
Folia undique inserta, sparsa, erecta, imbricata, nitida, viridia, rigida, exacte snbulata, paululum curvata, siccitate
etiam, medio vix nervosa, margine omnino integerrima.
Capsula numerosissimæ, in partem superiorem caulis, majusculoe, axiUares, sessiles, solitarioe ad basin cujusque
folli, flavæ, reniformes, basi profunde emarginate, bivalves. Gi-anula vel Semina quaternatim conjuncta,
clcmiim libera, subangulata, flava.
Fig. 1. Folium, f. 2 . 3. Folia cum capsulis. f. 4. Semina;—magn. auct.
W e h av e a lre ad y s ta te d u n d e r L . p u lc h e r r im um h ow th e p r e s e n t is to b e d is tin g u ish e d f rom th a t
sp e c ie s. W e m ay h e re add th a t th is is a m u c h la rg e r p la n t, a n d th a t th e c ap su le s h a v e a m u c h
d e ep e r s in u s b en e a th .