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moift turf-foil, with other mofles. On the top of great Waney- 

 /joufe-crag. On a large rock on the fhadowy bank below Teckst-* 

 water-fall, on the fouth fide. On the heath-grounds by Halypik:- 

 lake, plentifully. It lies on the mofs-earth, and fometimes on the 

 fphagnum with reflex folioles, in the form of a mouldinefs. The 

 tubercles or fructifications are of a beautiful flefh-colour, and cut 

 through like a. fungus. It is an elegant little plant. It was never 

 known to grow in England, till the late Dr. Richard/on^ of Bycrley t 

 in York/Jure, found it on the alpine molTes in that county. 



43. Creeping Wolf "* s-Claw-Mofs , or Club-M.^fs^ "with alternate folioles and 

 branches (v) t is not unfrequent on alpine heaths, and fhadowy rocks. 

 It is among the rocks by Chz--lake. It is alfo on the heath on the 

 fouth fide of the Roman ftation at Houfe-Jleeds, by a fmall rill, near 

 the military-road. It is a very rambling plant. It is fixed down 

 to the ground by fmall fibres, rifmg from the under fide of the 

 branches. The folioles of the younger plants are of a lively- 

 green, thofe of the older ones are yellowifh', at the ends of the 

 branches of which are Ihort juliferous fpikes, of a pale yellow 

 or ftraw-colour. Under the fcales of thefe are the fructifications 

 in cordated capfules, in the form of a yellow powder ; per- 

 fected in Auguft. It is ufed for cutaneous inflammations, fif- 



<(>v) Mufcus terreftris f. Lycopodiurn. Dod. Pempt. p. 472. Mufcus terreftris repens G 

 clavatus. C. B. Pin. p. 360. Mufcus clavatus f. Lycopodium. Ger. p. 1374. emae. p. 1562. 

 Park, Theatr. p. 1307. Raj. Hift. i. p. 120. Syn. iii. p. 107. Hift. Oxon. iii. p. 623. 

 Mufcus clavatus procumbens. Hort. EYCHST. ./Eft. Ord. viii. t. 12. f. 2. Vatll. p. 123. 

 Lycopodium Tabern. p. 814. Dill. Giflf. App. p. 87. Dal Pharm. p. 6r. Lycopo- 

 dium caule repente, foliis patulis, pedunculis fpica gesnina terminatis. Linn. Flo. Lapp. 

 n. 418. Flo. Suec. n. 859. Hort. Cliff, p. 476. Rtyen. lugdb. p. 506. Hall. Hch-. 

 p. 92. Lycopodium vulgare pilofum anfragofum & repens. Dill. Hift. Mufc. p. 441. 

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