6S5 CKYPTOGAMIA UVSCL 



out a light yellow powder, which blov.'n into the 

 ■ fiame of a candle, fiaHies with a fniall explolion. 



T!ie ^xvedes make n7aus of this mofs to rub their 

 ihocs upon. 



In Rujfiay and fome otlier CGuntrlcs, the powder 

 of the capfules is ufed ia n.edicine to heal galis 

 in children, chops in the (kin, and other lores. 

 It is alio ufed to powder over ofFicinal pills, and 

 to make artiiicial lightning at theatres. 



The PcUs make a decoction of the plant, and, 

 dipping a linen doth into it, apply it to the 

 heads of perlbns afflicted with the difeafc called 

 the yiica Pclonicay which is laid to be cured by 

 this kind of fomentation. 



JeUginoides L.YCOPOD1UM foliis li^arx^is ciliatis lanceolatis, 



2. fpi(-]s folita-ii.s terminalibus folio/is. Sp pi. 1565. 



(Fifalkr. hi(l. n. 1717. /. 46. /. i. Scheucbz. It. 



Jlpimm Torn. L p. 4?- ^.6. /. i- hetje. Dillen 



THirfc. t. 88./. I. Oed. Dctn. /. 70.; 



Prickly or ciliate^i Club-mofs. AngUs. 



In boggy places by the fides of rivulets on the 

 highland mountains frequent. 1;. VlI-VllL 



The ftalk is branched and creeping-, the fruc^ifyM 

 branches ere^, one or two inches high, lur- 

 rounded every where with oval-lanceolate patent, 

 P.nd eleganiiy ciliated leaves. The capfules are 

 placed In the JLc of the upper leaves, and are 

 of two kinds v the uppermoft round and fmgle, 

 conrairi-g onlv a -o';?n.. or powder j the lower- 

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