L Y C O P O D I UM VA R I UM.
FILICES.— 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 IU M , L in n . Capsulæ u n ilo cu la re s , ax illa re s , s e s s ile s ; a læ bivalves,
fa rin a re p le tæ : aliæ 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 ium wrmOT; c au le ram o so , foliis spa rsis lin e a rib u s d e c u rre n tib u s in te g e rrim is im b ric a tis
vel p a te n tib u s , spic is tc rm in a lib u s d ich o tom is s im p lic ib u sv e , squami» o b tu s is in te g e rrim is . B r .
L y c o p o d ium v a rium . B r . Prodr. Fl. Nov. H o ll.p . 165. Spreng. S y st. Veget. v. A. p . 12.
H a k . I n in su la O ta h e itc . Menzies. I n in su la V a n D icm e n . B row n ; u hi in m o n te W e llin g to n
le g it D . F 'a se r e t com m u n ic av it.
R a d ix n o b is ig n o ta .
Caulis snb p ed alis, e re c tu s vel d e cum b e n s r ep e titim d ich o tome ram o su s, b a si n u d iu sc u lu s, d e in foliosus.
F o lia n um e ro s a , e re c to -p a ten tia , u n g u ic u la la , lin e a ria , o b tu siu scu la , in te g e rrim a o b sc u re c o stata, b a si d e cu rre n tia ,
c o ria ce a, g la b ra ; su p rem a in fra sp ic am ova to -lan c eo la ta , co sta d o rso m ag is p rom in e n te . Color, siccitate, lu teo -
viridis.
Sjàca: term in ales, sessiles, Iin ea res, a cu te te tr a g o n a , d u a s vel tre s u n c ia s lo n goe, n n n c so litariæ , p le rum q u e g eminæ.
Squama: a rc te im b ric atæ , q u a te rnæ , c o rd a tæ , o b tu sæ , b rev e s, co ncavæ, d o rso o b tu se c a n n a te (n u n c iin e ari-
oblongæ).
Cap su la majusculoe, ren ifo rmes , g la b ræ , bivalves.
S emin a p e llu cid a, tria n g u la ria .
Fig . 1. F o lium , f. 2. Fo lium e sum m ita te caulis. f. 3. S q u am a sp icæ , cum cap su la , f. 4. Sq u ama , a do rso
visa. f. 5. Sq u ama , in tu s visa. f. 6. Semin a :— magn. auct.
T h e le a rn ed a u th o r o f th e Prodromus Floræ Novæ Hollandiæ ha s c ited tw o v a rie tie s o f th is
p l a n t ; th e o ne , “ a um b ro sm n , caulis dehilis, fo lia p a te n tia , sp icæ filiformes, s im p lic e s vel divisæ,
flaccidæ, la x iu s c u læ ; sq u am æ o h lo n g o -lin e a rc s , c apsulis m u lto tie s - lo n g io re s a n d th e o th e r,
“ (3 a lp in um , canlis e re c tu s : fo lia a rc te im b ric a ta , o p a c a , c c o s ta ta ; sp icæ d ic h o tom æ , tc tra ffo næ ,
sq u am æ o va tæ , c ap su la s v ix su p e ra n te s .” W c find th e p la n t, in d e ed , to b e ve ry v a riab le in its fru c tif
ic a tio n : som e o f o u r spe c im ens, re c e ived sinc e th e p la te was engraved, have th e e x trem ity o f th e
sp ik e ru n n in g o u t in to a s h o o t, w ith s te rile sc a le s o r le ave s, ex a c tly r e s em b lin g th o s e o f th e stem
a n d b ra n c h e s ; in o th e rs , th e p a r t b e a rin g th e fru c tific a tio n sc a rc e ly fo rm s a sp ik e a t all : b u t th e
f ru c tific a tio n ap p e a rs ax illa ry ; an d th e n th e species comes ve ry n e a r th e Lycopod. gnidioides,
Ic . F il. t. 30.
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