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92.-LYCOPODIACE.aE. 



1. LYCOP6DIUM. Club-moss. 



1. L. CLAVATUM, L. Common Club -moss. Stems prostrate, 

 1 3 ft. long, throwing down wiry roots from the under side; 

 branches ascending. Le. stiff, closely covering the stem and 

 branches, linear, with hair-like points. Spikes stalked, in pairs, 

 an inch long, cylindrical; bracts ovate, acuminate, inciso-serrate. 

 Evergreen. 



Frequent. On moors and heathy pastures. (B) P. 7 8. Paisley Canal bank, 

 probably now extinct; Craigmaddie moor; heath at the Stepps station on the 

 Caledonian railway ; near Milngavie ; hills above Gourock ; Kilmun and Dunoon ; 

 Bute; Cumbrae and Arran. 



2. L. SELAGIJSTOIDES, L. Lesser Alpine Club-moss. Stems 

 prostrate, branched, rooting, slender, 34 in. long. Le. spread- 

 ing, scattered, lanceolate, ciliate. Spikes erect, terminal, about 

 an inch long, solitary; bracts fully larger than the le. , bearing in 

 the lower axils large capsules (macrogonidia), and in the upper 

 small, sub-reniform bodies (microgonidia) or 2-valved capsules. 



Common, Boggy places on the mountains at the entrance to the Clyde. (H) 

 P. 8. Gourock in themarshes by the sea, and on the hills ; Kilmun ; Kilpatrick 

 hills; Dunoon; Bute; Cumbrae and Arran. 



3. L. ALPIJSTUM, L. Savin-leaved Club-moss. Stems prostrate, 

 long and rooting, repeatedly branched in a dichotomous manner, 

 and fascicled, 8 12 in. long, Le. in 4 rows, imbricated, oblong, 

 acute, keeled, giving the branch a squarish look. Spikes terminal, 

 solitary, sessile, short, cylindrical. 



Frequent. On mountains. (H) P. 8. On Paisley Canal bank, perhaps now 

 extinct; on the hills above the Holy Loch; Gourock; Inverkip; Largs; Bute: 

 Cumbrae and Arran. 



4. L. SELAGO, L. Fir Club-moss. Stems slightly decumbent 

 at the base, 6 8 in. high, branches forked, f astigiate. Le. crowded, 

 rigid, in 8 rows, lanceolate, acute, smooth on the margin. Fruc- 

 tification in the axis of the upper le. consisting of large capsules, 

 replaced sometimes by a few leafy buds. 



Frequent. Heathy and stony places. (B) P. 6 8. Craigmaddie moor ; Cathkin 

 hills; moss at the Stepps station on the Caledonian railway; Gourock; Kilmun; 

 Dunoon ; Bute ; Cumbrae and Arran. 



2. IstfETES. Quill^vort. 



I. LACUSTRIS, L. European Quill-wort. Le. springing from a 

 corn-like base, 4 6 in. high, all radical, rush-like, forming tufts 

 at the bottom of our mountain lakes, bright green, dilated at the 

 base, narrow and tapering to the point, with 4 internal- jointed 

 tubes. 

 Rare. Bottoms of lakes. (H) P. 57. Loch Lomond and the island of Bute. 



