58 Ferns and Fern Allies 



high altitudes, like Alpine Club Moss, which it closely re- 

 sembles. 



Lycopodium complanatum, or Trailing Christmas Green, 

 is a most fascinating plant, with fan-shaped branches, which 

 are forked, and covered with minute leaves with somewhat 

 spreading tips; but the chief charm of the Trailing Christ- 

 mas Green lies in the clusters of upright spikes, borne on 

 long stalks, and which resemble Christmas candles. 



SMALL SELAGINELLA 



Selaginella selaginoides. Selaginella Family 



A moss-like plant. Leaves: scale-like, many-ranked, uniform, lan- 

 ceolate, acute, lax, spreading. Spikes: solitary at the ends of the fertile 

 branches. 



This plant has creeping, sterile branches, and erect, fer- 

 tile ones with tiny, spreading leaves, and large, elongated 

 spikes at their ends. 



Selaginella rupestris, or Rock Selaginella, has densely 

 tufted stems, stiff imbricated leaves, and quadrangular 

 spikes terminating the branches. 



