22 IS.Lycopod. 2. LYCOPODIACE^. PI. end. en 



2. Lycopodium ahietiforw,e . Fir wolfsclaw. 



iS/aZ^ forked, erect; Iranches ewenio^^ed.', Zeaw^ spread, 

 in eight series, linear, lanceolate, pointed, not in the least 

 nicked, imbricated, ridged. 



Selago foliis et facie abietis, Rail Syn. 106. 

 S. vulgaris, Dill, IIusc. 435. 

 Lycopodium Selago, Lin. S. P. 1565. 

 Upright Jinnoss. 



Wet heaths in mountains; perennial; June to August. 



Stalk about 8 in. high, very leafy ; leaves thick, dark 

 green, shining ; conceptacles small, brownish yellow. 



Violently emetic ; the decoction externally used destroys 

 lice in children's hair. 



b. Lepidotis. Conceptacles in spikes^ with Iractece, 



S. Lycopodium annotimim. Yearly wolfsclaw. 



Stalk creeping ; tranches ascending, twice twoparted at 

 the base ; leaves in five rows, linear, lanceolate, contracted 

 at each year's growth ; spike solitary, sessile, terminal. 



Lycopodium elatius juniperinum, clavis singularibus, sine pediculis, 

 Jiaii Syn. 107,2 ; Dill. 3IA55. 



Lycopodium annotinmn, Lin, S. P. 1566, 



Alpine rocks ; perennial ; June to August. 



Stem very long ; Jioiverlearin^ shoots 2 in. high, gene- 

 rally branched, leafy, contracted at the last year's shoot ; 

 leaves expanded, light green ; Iractece smaller, closely tiled, 

 rather membranaceous. 



4. Lycopodium clavatum. Chilled wolfsclaw. 



Stalk creeping; Iranches ascending; leaves spread, ribless, 

 bent inwards, terminating in hairs ; spikes usually in pairs, 

 cylindrical, footstalked; Iractece ovate, pointed, eroso- 

 denticulated. 



Lycopodium, Rail Syn. 107, 1. 



P^uscus clavatus seu Lycopodium, Ger. em, 1562 ; Park. 1307. 



Lyc:;p<)dium viilgare pilosum, amfragosum et repens, Dill. M, 441. 



Lycopodium clavatura, Lin. S. P. 1564. 



Cluhmoss. 



Heaths or hills; perennial; July, August. 



Stalks whiplike, several feet long, creeping, branched 

 leafy all around ; fruitlearing Iranches upright, 4 in. high, 

 loosely leafed, terminated by 1 to 3 cylindrical, leafy spikes 

 an inch long ; Iractece broader at the bottom. 



