Lycopodiaceae 19 



Lycopodium StemS much branched > Bender, 

 annotinum prostrate and creeping, rather 

 L. Stiff stiff, 1-4 feet long, the branches 



Club-moss. s i m ii arj ascending 5-8 inches 

 high, sparingly forked ; leaves uniform, spread- 

 ing, 5 -ranked, rigid, linear-lanceolate, min- 

 utely serrulate, nerved below, spikes solitary 

 or several at the ends of the branches,, oblong, 

 cylindric i-i J inches long, composed of ovate 

 or ovate-cordate, short acuminate and 

 denticulate bracts, each with a sporange 

 in its axil. 



In woods throughout the region, frequent. 



Stems extensively creeping, 1-4 



Lycopodium 



clavatum L. f 66 ^ l n g wn ^ n similar short, 

 Running irregular ascending or decum- 

 Pine. bent, densely leafy branches; 



leaves much crowded, many ranked, in- 

 curved, linear-subulate, bristle-tipped, the 

 lower denticulate, the upper nearly entire or 

 slightly decurrent on either side; spikes 1-4 

 on long peduncles; bracts membranous, 

 roundish, and irregularly denticulate below. 



