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together more or less by means of their long arms, and are widely 

 scattered by the wind. When a moist place is reached, they fold 

 their arms and rest, sometimes locking the arms around some object 

 that serves as an anchor. Selaginella is not deemed sufficiently 

 attractive or common to appear in the Reader ; its near relative, the 

 Ivycopodium of the greenhouses, is a very dainty plant, and its spores 

 are easily found. A greater club-moss, known as ground pine, is used 

 in our Eastern States for Christmas wreaths, and sometimes finds its 

 way here. The " resurrection plant " of the Texan plains is also a 

 kind of Lycopodium. 



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