THE PHYTOLOGIST. 



No. XIII. 



JUNE, MDCCCXLII. 



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Art. LXIII. — A History of the British Lycopodia and allied Genera. 

 By Edward Newman. (Continued from page 160). 



PILL-WORT OR PEPPER-GRASS. 



PiLULARIA GLOBULIFERA of AuthorS, 



The Pill-wort or Pepper-grass seems pretty generally, though not 

 plentifully, distributed over the United Kingdom. It is found on the 

 extreme margins of ponds, or on swampy ground, submerged during 

 the winter and more or less exposed during the summer. It is some- 

 times so abundant as to form a dense and almost inextricably matted 

 covering to the ground. In no instance that has come to my know- 

 ledge has it been found in deep water, or in a state of constant sub- 

 mersion. 



The figures of this plant are generally characteristic, but nearly all 

 of them eiT in not representing it sufficiently slender ; the best I 



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