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ORDER III. 

 LYCOPODINE^:. 



' Oh ! there is sweetness in the mountain air, 

 And life, that bloated ease can never hope to share !" 



BYROMV 



10. LYCOPODIUM. Capsules axillary, solitary, sessile, roundish, 

 slightly compressed, of 2 equal valves, and 1 cell, bursting 

 vertically. Seeds numeious ? chaffy, very minute. 



10. LYCOPODIUM. 



1. L. clavatum, stem creeping, irregularly branched ; branches 

 ascending, incurved at the points ; leaves scattered, incurved, su- 

 bulate, serrated, with long diaphanous points ; spikes 2 or 3, cylin- 

 drical, stalked, with dilated membranous scales. Fox?s Tail. 



flab. Plentiful on all our moors. July Aug. 1J. 



The stem attains such a length that the " herd callants" in 

 our upland moors, are wont to twine it round their hats, 

 counting it no small ornament. 



" Or with that plant which in our dale 

 We call stag-horn, or Fox's- Tail, 

 Their rusty hats they trim : 

 And thus, as happy as the day, 

 Those Shepherds wear the time away." 



WORDSWORTH. 



