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spikes projecting on all sides — Lave the effect of calling 

 up the idea of groups of fauns and satyrs. Indeed, the 

 long flexible stems are not badly adapted for various de- 

 corative purposes. 



Lycopodiiiin inundatum, Linncciis. 

 Marsh Club-moss. (Plate XX. fig. 4.) 



This is a diminutive and common plant, very frequent 

 on moist heaths and commons in the southern parts of 

 England, less common northwards, comparatively rare 

 in Wales and Scotland, and not found in Ireland. It 

 prefers to grow on spots from which the turf has been 

 pared. 



It is of prostrate habit, with simple stems, two or three 

 inches Ions:, growino; close to the surface of the ground, to 

 which they are firmly attached by a few short stout roots. 

 They are thickly clothed with narrow linear-lanceolate 

 leaves, which have an acute point, and are entire on the 

 margin ; those on the barren horizontal stems being curved 

 upwards. The plant extends itself at the point, throughout 

 the growing season, the other end meanwhile undergoing a 

 process of decay ; so that in winter, when the growth is 

 arrested, the decay still going on, the living stem is much 



