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LYCOPODIACEJE. 



" Leafy plants with simple imbricated leaves, or stemless, with 

 erect subulate leaves. Fructification of axillary sessile capsules, 

 with two or three valves, and no ring, including minute powdery 

 matter or sporules." Bob, Man. p. 430. 



LYCOPOmUM. CLUB-MOSS. 



1. Li. clavatum (common Club-moss?) In moors and heathy 

 places, common. Stem long and prostrate, with short ascending 

 branches ; leaves scattered and incurved. Spikes pale yellow, on 

 long stalks. Haldon. Many parts of Dartmoor. (E. B. t. 224.) 



P. VII. VIII. 



2. Li. Selag-o (Fir Club-moss) In mountainous heaths. 

 "Leaves in eight rows, crowded, uniform, linear-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, capsule not spiked, but in the axils of the common leaves ; 

 stem erect, forked, level- topped " (Bab. Man. p. 431). Stems 

 varying from 3 or 4 to 6 or 8 inches in height, and branching in 

 two-forked manner, usually upright, bearing commonly at their 

 extremities a few deciduous buds, which fall to the ground on 

 separation, and there vegetate. Leaves thick, of a shining dark- 



ren. Frequent in Dartmoor. Woodbury Hill. (E. B. t. 233.) 

 VI.-VIII. 



3. L. inundatum (marsh Club-moss.) In boggy heaths. 

 " Leaves scattered, linear, acute, turned upwards ; spikes terminal, 

 sessile, leafy, solitary, upon short erect branches, Stem short, 

 prostrate, rooting. Branches few, simple, short, erect, fertile" 

 (Bab. Man. p. 431). More diminutive than the two former, its 

 prostrate simple stems being about 2 or 3 inches long, and grow- 

 ing close to the surface of the ground. Spore-cases in the axils 

 of the bracts. Forde bog. Bovey Heath. (E. B. t. 369.) P. 



