CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 6tg 



In the ifland of Raafay, near Sky, in Ropjhire^ 

 and fome other places, the inhabitants make ufc 

 of this plant inftead of allum, to fix the colours 

 in dying. 



The Highlanders alio Ibmetimes take an infufion of 

 it a? an emetic and catharticj but it operates 

 violently, and, nnlefs taken in a fmall dofe, 

 brings on giddinefs and convulfions. 



Linn^us informs us, that the Swedes ufe a decoc- 

 tion of it to deltroy lice on fwine and other 

 animals. 



mnotimtm^ LYCOPODIUM foliis fparns quinquefariis fub- 

 ferratis, furculis annotino-arniculatis, fpicis ter- 

 minalibus glabris ere6lis. Sp. /)/. 15*^6. (Moris, 

 hijl. f. 15. t, 5. /. 3. Pluk. t. 205. /. 5. Dillen, 

 mufc, t. 6^.f. 9. opt, Oed. Ban. t. 127.) 



Jointed Club-mofs with Juniper leaves. AngUs. 



In rough ftony places on the fides of the highland 

 mountains, but not common. %. Vill. 



The flalks are two or three feet long, proftratc 

 and creeping •, the branches ered, dichotomous, 

 and divided into joints by the Ihoots of each 

 year. The leaves are rigid, fmooth, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, acute, decurrcnt at the bafe, in general 

 nightly ferrated, but fometimes entire, ered, and 

 clofely imbricated in the new Hioots, but hori- 

 zontal and fometimes reflexed in the old ones. 

 The fpikes grow fingly at the extremities of the 

 Y y branchc^j 



