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F IL IC E S .— L y c o p o d i n e / e . Swariz, 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 IU M , L in n . Capsulæ u n ilo c u la re s , a x illa re s , s e s s ile s ; a liæ bivalves,
fa rin a r ep le tæ ; a liæ bi-triv a lv e s, c o rp u s cu lis 1— 6, g lo b o s is . B r .
L y c o p o d i u m tctragonum; fo liis q u a d rifa riam a re te im b ric a tis o va tis su b a cu tis conc avis c a rin a tis
c ilia tis, c apsulis ax illa rib u s , c au le a d s c en d en te d ic h o tom o ram o so .
H a b . P ro p e v e rtic em m o n tis P ic h in c h a , A n d ium P e ru v ia n a rum . D . Prof. Gui. Jameson.
Caìdis basi decumbens, demum erectus, ramosus, ramis dichotomis, ubique foliosus.
Folia arete quadrifariam imbricata, erecta, ovata, sessiÜa, subbreviter acuminata, intus concava, dorso convexa,
carinata, flavo-virescentia, rubedine tincta, margine ciliaLa : fructifei-a paululum magis acuminata.
C a p s i d æ axülai'es, versus apicem ramorum, reniformes, bivalves, flavæ.
Semina minuta, trigona, semper ternatim in unum corpus congesta, demum libera.
Fig. 1. Folium caulinum. f. 2. Folium fructiferum. f. 3. Semina:—ma g n . auct.
N o less th a n 140 spe c ie s o f Lycopodmm a re e n um e ra te d in S p r e n g d ’s ed itio n o f th e Species
Plantai-um, w ith n o n e o f w h ich will th e p la n t h e r e de sc rib ed accord. I t in h a b its a lm o s t th e h ig h e s t
sum m its o f P ic h in c h a , a n d was c om m u n ic a ted to u s , a lo n g w ith m a n y o th e r ra ritie s from th e same
m o u n ta in , b y P ro fe s so r W . J am e so n .