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LY COPODIUM SERRATUM.
L y c o p o d i n e æ . Sw m 'tz ., B r ., K a u lf . S t a c h y o p t e e i d e s . TVilld.
G e n . C h a r . L Y C O P O D IU M , L in n . Capsulæ unilo cu la re s, axilla re s, scssilcs ; a / k bivalves,
fa rin a re p le tæ ; aliæ 2— 3-valves, coi-pusculis 1— 6 , glo b o sis. B r .
L y c o p o d iu m s e r r a tw n ; foliis u n d iq u e spa rsis p a te n tib u s lan c eo la tis su bm cm b ran a c e is c o s ta tis cus-
p id a tis p c tio la tis s in u a to -s e rra tis , c au le adsc cn d en te d ich o tom o .
L y co p o d ium se rra tum . T /m n b . F L J a p . p . 3 i l . i. 3 8 . S w a r iz . S y n . M l. p . I J b . îV i l ld . S p .
P L V. b . p . 61.
H a b , I n J ap o n ia . T h u n b e rg . In s u la B o rb o n iæ . S w a r tz . E x In d ia O rie n ta li m is it amiciss.
W a llic h . 1 8 2 0 .
Caulis 8—10-poUicaris, basi repens, radiculosus, dein adscendens, bis-terve dichotomus.
Folia undique sparsa, subremota, superne sensim majora, orania horizontaliter patentia, vel subreflexa, fere mem-
bnuiBceo, subundain long», lanceolata, plana, Intecteïiridla, costata, costa excun-ente, e t inde folia cuspidata,
marginibus sinuaüs profunde serratis, basi in petiolum brevem alatum attenuata.
Capsulæ majusculoe, flavoe, in axillis foliorum supremorum, reniformes, bivalves.
Sm in a minutissima, subsphærica, reticulata, medio linea notata.
Fig. 1. Folium, f. 2. 3. 4. Capsulæ magis mimisve niaturæ. f. 5. Semina vel Granulæ :—magn. auct.
T h u n h c rg ’s figure a ftords a ve ry indiffe ren t r e p re s e n ta tio n o f th is Lycopodium, w h ich h a s th e
la rg e s t leaves o f a n y spe c ie s we a rc a cq u a in ted witli. O u r spe c im ens a re from D r. W a l l ic h ; and
com in g to u s a t th e same tim e w ith a co lle c tio n o f N epal F e rn s , a lth o u g h n o t m a rk e d as such, we
ju d g e th e y m ay be na tiv e s o f N e p a l a lso. I f so, a n d b e in g fo u n d , a c co rd in g to Sw a rtz , in B o u rb o n
as well as in J a p a n , th is Lycopodhan h a s a widely e x ten d ed g eo g rap h ic a l range .