4 



Bog Club-mow. 



CIvUB-MOSS FAMILY. 



3. Lycopodium inundatum I,. 

 (Fig. 90.) 



Lycopodium inundatum L. Sp. PI. noa. 



Plants small, i'- 5 ' long, with creeping flaccid forking 

 brittle sterile stems closely appreaaed to the earth 

 tile stems erect, solitary, i'-6' high, terminated by a short 

 thick spike ; leaves lanceolate or lanceolate tubulate with 

 hyaline margins, those of the spike similar to those below. 

 acute, soft, spreading, mostly entire, those of the sterile 

 stems curved upward; spikes rarely two together. 9"-i8" 

 long, yellowish; sporanges tranversely oval, splitting 

 nearly to the base ; spores large, reticulated. 



In sandy bogs, Newfoundland to western Ontario and Mich- 

 igan, south to Florida. Ascends to **> ft. in eaflern lvnnv! 



. Also in Kurope and Asia. 



stems 5' -7' high ana more pointed s*-rr:iu- ii:i\i- ii.,. 



separated as var. Bigelorrii. 



. 



Iartct-r ( 



s*-rr 

 Aujr.-Oct 



4. Lycopodium alopecuroides L. Fox-tail 



Club-moss. (Fig. 91.) 



Lycopodium alopecuroides L,. Sp. PI. 1102. 1753. 



Plant stout, densely leafy, the sterile branches 

 flaccid, recurved and creeping, sometimes 10' long. 

 Fertile stems stout, rigid, erect, 6 / -2o / high, termin- 

 ated by a spike 9 // -i / I -^ / long, and, including its leaves 

 e{'-5 ff thick ; leaves narrowly linear-subulate, those of 

 the spike similar to those below, spinulose-pointed, 

 spreading, conspicuously bristle-toothed below the 

 middle, those of the spike with long setaceous tips ; 

 sporanges transversely oval, splitting to near the base. 



In pine-barren swamps, New Jersey to Florida, near the 

 coast, west to Mississippi. Aug.-Oct. 



5. Lycopodium obscurum L. Ground Pine. (Fig. 92.) 



Lycopodium obst it rum I.. Sp. I'l 1 1 -<i 

 Lycopodium dfiidn >id,-nm Mich x . Fl I'-.r \i:i J: ate, 

 1803.. 



Stems erect, 6'-i2' high, bushy-branched, the 

 branches fan-like, the rootstock* subterranean, 

 nearly horizontal. Leaves lanceolate-linear, .; 

 entire, 8-rauked on the main stem, thoae of the 

 branches 6-ranked, with the two upper and the two 

 lower ranks shorter and appresaed, or all alike and 

 equally incurved-spreading. densely clothing the 

 stems up to the bases of the spikes ; spikes 1-10 on 

 each plant, X'-ift' long, composed of manj- 

 ranked ovate scarious-margined bracts (scale 

 leaves), each with a transversely oval sporangc in 

 its axil. 



In moist woods, Newfoundland and 



Alaska, south to the mount.i 



to Indiana Ascends to 4000 ft. in \\rg\n\ 



Asia. July-Sept. 





