T A B . C X I I I .
L Y C O P O D I UM H E T E R O P H Y L L UM.
F I L IC E S .— L y c o p o d i n æ . Swartz., Br., Kaulf. S t a c h y o p t e r i d e s . Willd.
G e n . C i i a r . L Y C O P O D IU M , L in n . Cajova/Æ u n ilo cu la re s , ax illa re s , s e s s ile s ; a liæ bivalves,
fa rin a re p le tæ ; a liæ bi-triv a lv e s, corp u scu lis 1— 6 -g lo b o s is . B r .
L y c o p o d i u m heterophylhm ; c au le e re c to d ic h o tom o , fo liis q u ad rifa riis su b u la tis p la n is p a tu lis
in c u rv is , c aulinis in te g e rrim is n u d is , in p e d ú n c u lo d e n tic u la to -s e rra tis pilife ris, spic is p e d u n cu -
la tis su b te rn is cy lin d ra c e is, sq u am is sq u a rro s is o v a tis a cum in a tis pilife ris d e n tic u la to -s e rra tis .
H a b . I ll in su la O w y h e e . A . M en z ie s .
Caulis erectus, pedalis e t idtra, repetitim dichotome ramosus, ubique foliosus.
Folia quadrifariam inserta, patentia, incurva, subulata, plana, obscure costata, omnino integerrima, apice concolora.
Spicæ subternoe, longe pedunculate, cyîindraceæ, erectæ, subrobustæ, insigniter squamosæ.
Pedunciüus terminalis, foliosus, foliis quadrifariis, caulinis similibus, sed magis distantibus, marginibus spinuloso-
denticulatis in pilum longum diapbanum flexuosum attenuatis.
Squamæ ovate, acuminatæ, piliferoe, margine spinuloso-denticulatoe.
Capsulæ reniformes, bivalves.
Semina pallido-flava, minutbsima, subreticulata.
Fig. 1. Folium caulinum. f. 2. Portio pedunculi cum ejus foliis. f. 3. Squama cum capsula, f. 4. Semina:—
magn. and.
D is co v e red b y A . M en z ie s , E sq . a t Ow)’h e e , d u rin g b is vo y ag e w ith C a p ta in V an co u v e r. I t is
rem a rk a b le fo r th e two k in d s o f le ave s w h ic h it b e a rs ; th o s e o f th e s tem b e in g p e rfe c tly d e s titu te
o f a d iap h an o u s h a ir p o in t ; w hile th o s e o f th e p ed u n c le , w h ich iu fa c t is h u t a p ro lo n g a tio n o f a
b ra n c h , a re s in g u la rly to o th e d , som ew h a t sp in o u s a t th e m a rg in s , a n d te rm in a te d w ith a waved
h a ir-lik e p o in t. I t will r a n k n e a r L . aristatum o f H um b o ld t.
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