L Y C O P O D I U M O V A L I F O L I UM .
F IL IC E S .—LYCoroDiNEÆ. S w a r tz , B r ., K a u lf . S t a c i i y o p t e h i d e s . ÎVilld.
Gen . C h a u . L Y C O P O D I U M , Linn. Capsulas u n ilo cu k r cs, a x ilk ro s, s c ssilc s; Ijlvalvcs,
fai-iim rcpictæ ; aliai 2— 3-valvos, corpusculis i— 6 -g iob o sis. B r .
Lycopodium o va lifo lium : rcpciis dichotome ramosum, foliis distichis ovalibus unincrvlis nitidis In-
tcgernm is, stipulis conformibus paululum falcatis ap icu k tls, spicis terminalibus cylindraccis,
squamis cordato-acuminatis inferne ciliatis.
H a b . In oris occidentalibus Americæ Septcntrionalis. Dorn. D o tig la s.
C m le s palmares e t ultra, inferne decumbentes, r epentes, superne ramis repetitim dichotomis adscendentes.
F o lia approximata, pallide flavo-viridia, nitida, rigidiuscula, disticha, alterna, fere ex acte ovalia, patentia, paululum
concava, margine omnino integerrima, uninèrvia, nervo ante apicem evanescente. Stipula: foliis conformes
sed paululum minores, subfalcatoe, uninerves, integerrimæ, apice muci'onatoe.
S p icæ terminales numei'osæ, cj-lindraceæ, flavo-fuscæ.
Squ amæ quadnfariam insertæ, cordato-acuminatæ, integerrimæ, carinatoe, siibpatentes, inferne ad marginem utrin-
que ciliatoe.
Caqisula reniformis, flava, bivalvis, seminibus vel granuhs minutis ex acte sphoericis repleta.
F ig . 1. Ramnlus ultimus, cum spica. f. 2 . F o lia et stipulæ. f. 3. 4 . Squamæ capsuliferæ. f. 5 . S e m in a : -
magii. auct.
Th e stipulated dlstichous-leavcd sp ec ie s o f L yco p o d ium are so numerous aud so difficult to be
determined, without subinltriug them to the m ost careful examination and comparison, that it
b d to v e s us to introduce a new species with great c;u,tion. A s far, however, as our opportimities
will permit us to judge , the present may certainly be reckoned am on g th o se hitherto nndescrihed.
Its nearest affinity is, perhaps, th e W e s t Indian L . denudalum o f W illd en ow ; but neither the leaves
nor th e stipule s can he called “ a cute,” nor the spike s “ sliort.”
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