STRUCTURAL BOTANY 



part II 

 FLOWEKLESS PLANTS 



CHAPTEE I 

 THE YASCULAK CRYPTOGAMS 



TYPE IV 



SELAGINELLA KRAUSSIANA 



Selaginella is a large genus, containing between three 

 and four hundred species, most of which inhabit 

 the damp forests of tropical countries. A few are 

 natives of Europe, and one, Selaginella spinosa, grows in 

 our own country, on boggy moors, or in mountainous 

 districts. Some of the tropical species are universally 

 grown in hothouses, and are often popularly called 

 Lycopodium, but the real Lycopodium, or Club-moss, is 

 quite a different, though an allied, genus. 



In general appearance the Selaginellas resemble large 

 Mosses, for they have long, usually creeping, stems, thickly 

 clothed with numerous small leaves. With the true 



