294 Prucccdings of the Ohio State Acadein\ of Science. 



vtrv gradually ta])cring', entire or minutely denticulate ; sporo- 

 phylls minutely denticulate above the middle or entire, acuminate, 

 only very slightly broadened above the middle. Plants ever- 

 green, commonly with brood-buds. On sandstone rocks. Lick- 

 ing, Fairfield, Hocking, and Portage counties. 



2. Lycopodiiiiii liici'diiliiiii Mx. Shining Club-moss. 



Stems lax and successively, dichotomously branched, ascend- 

 ing or spreading", the plants evergreen, about six to twelve inches 

 long; leaves dark green, shining, widest above the middle; sporo- 

 phylls alternating with zones of sterile leaves. Plants commonly 

 bearing brood-buds. On sandstone rocks and in cool, damp 

 woods. General in the eastern half of the state. 



3. Lycopodinui iiimidatitiit L. P)Og Club-moss. 



Stems long", creeping, fiaccid, forking, and Ijrittle, closely ap- 

 pressed to the earth ; fertile stems erect, solitary, slender, ter- 

 minating in short cones ; leaves lanceolate or lanceolate-subulate, 

 with hvaline margins. In sandy bogs. I'ortage count\ . ( Hop- 

 kins ) . 



4. L\copodiuiu ohscurum T,. Tree Club-moss. 



Stems erect, bushy, with Ian-like branches, six to twelve 

 inches high, from a slender subterranean, horizontal rhizome ; 

 leaves lanceolate-linear, entire, eight-ranked on the main stem ; 

 cones, one to ten on each plant, sessile. Plants evergreen In 

 moist woods. Ashtabula, Lake, Medina, Licking, Fairfield, and 

 Defiance counties. 



5. Lycopodiiim chivatimi L. Common Club-moss. 



Stems creeping with similar short irregular ascending or 

 decinnbent densely leafy branches ; leaves evergreen, linear-subu- 

 late, incurved, bristle-tipped ; cones one to four on long peduncles, 

 in rich woods. Geauga county. (Stark county, Hopkins). 



