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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 . C a p s u l a u n ilo cu la re s , a x illa re s , s e s s ile s ; a i/oe bivalves,
f a n n u re p le tæ ; a lia . 2— 3-valves, co rp u s c u lis 1— 6‘, g lo b o s is . B r .
L y c o p o d iu m ¿7i2iÂ07i/(îj; c aule d ic h o tom e ram o so foliis .suhscxfa riam im b ric a tis lin e a ri-o b lo n g is
c an a licu la tis a cu tis , n e r\’o a d a p ic em e x c u rre n tc , c ap su lis in axillis fo lio rum a c u tio rum te rm i-
na liu n i.
L y co p o d ium g n id io id c s . L i n n . S u p p l . p . 148. S w a r l z . S y n . F i l . p . 1 7 4 . W i l l d . S p . P l .
V. 5. p . 4 7 . S p r e n g . S y s t . V e g . v . 4. p . 2 0 . S m i t h in R e e s C y c l.
L y c o p o d ium fu n ic u lo sum . L a m . E n c y c l . v . 3 . p . 6 4 9 .
“ L y c o p o d iiu n flag c llifo rm e . S c h r a d . " { fid e S p r e n g . )
L y c o p o d ium p in ifo lium . K a u l f . E n u m . F i l . p . 7 .
I I a b . In In s u la M a u ritii. C om m e i-so n ? l u C a p ite B o næ S p c i. [ W i l l d . ) V i l l e l .
R a d ix d en sissim e cæspitos.i, fib ro sa, fib ris ram o s is va ld e in tric atis.
Caxdis sp ith am oe u s, fere a d p c d a le n i, flexuosus, r ep e titim dicJiotomus, u b iq u e foliosus.
F o lia su b se x fa riam d isp o sita, e re c ta , im b ric a ta , semîuDciam io n g a , v ix lin e am la ta , liiie a ri-o b lo n g a , n itid a , can a lic
u la ta in te g e rrim a a c u tiu s cu la , n e rv o o b sc u ro in tu s e lev a to , d o rso d e p re s so , a d ap icem a ttin g e n te in s t ru c ta :__
m p rem a (cap su lifera ) b rev io ra , la tio ra , a cu tio ra , sp ic am re feren tia.
C a p su la m a x d lis folio rum su p rem o rum sessiles, ren ifo rm e s ; bivalves, flavæ, g r a n u lis sp hæ ric is rep le tæ . H æ
g ra n u la vel sp o ru la m in e v id e n tu r te rn a tim comp o sitæ .
F lg . I. F o lium , f. 2. F o lium cum c ap su la , f. 3. S p o ru læ ? k î ^ . mæL
I t is d ifficu lt to say w h e th e r th is L y c o p o d iu m sh o u ld b e a r ra n g e d am o n g th o s e species which
h av e a sp ic a tc f ru c tific a tio n , o r th o s e w h o s e c ap su le s a rc s im p ly p la c ed in th e ax ils o f th e leaves.
T h e u p p e rm o s t leaves, iv h ieh m o s tly c o n ta in th e c ap su le s , a rc s h o r te r a n d b ro a d e r th a n th e re st,
a n d co lle c tiv e ly fo rm a te rm in a l se ssile s p i k e ; b u t b y n o m e an s so di,stinct as in m a n y species o f th e
g e n n s . S om e a u th o r s have c o n s id e re d th e f ru c tific a tio n to b e sp ic a te , a n d o th e r s a x illa ry ; a n d
h en c e b o ta n is ts have differed a b o u t th e spe c ie s, w h ic h in r e a lity is, in o th e r re sp e c ts , a ve ry d is tin c tly
m a rk e d o n e , a n d ve ry ap tly m uncd, f rom its re s em b la n c e to som e indiv id u a ls o f th e g e n u s ( h i i d i a o r
to D a p h n e g n id io i d c s .
Oiu- s p c c im n is we re c om m im ic a tc d from th e C a p e o f G o o d H o p o by M . V lllo t, w h o h a s s e n t its
m an y ex c e llen t plfints from th a t rich b o ta n ic a l co u n try .
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