Tl.end.cr. 2. LYCOPOD. IS.Lycopod. 21 



Fam. II. 2. LYCOPODIACE^. De Candolle. Lyco^ 



' lecB. Swartz. 



Fructifications crustaceous, sessile in the axillae of the 

 leaves, or of the bracteas; conceptacles of two kinds; the 

 common sort (the male organs?) replete with fine powdery 

 masses grouped 3 by 3, or 4 by 4< into spherical globules ; 

 the less frequent (the female organs?) including roughish 

 spherical globules marked underneath with three promi- 

 nent ribs. — Roots fibrous ; stem herbaceous or woody, 

 simple or branched, frequently rampant ; leaves small, 

 not nicked, numerous, either scattered, or alternate, or 

 two rowed, frequently stipuled. 



Conceptacles capsular; valvular; leaves cauline. 

 Concep. 2 valved, 1 celled ; seeds cohering 



in globules Lycopodium 18. 



Concep. 3 valved, 3 celled; seeds angular. Bernhardia 19. 



Concep. capsular, not valvular ; leaves radical. 



ISOETES 20. 



I. 18. LYCOPODIUM. Clusius. Wolfsclaw. 



Conceptacles of one kind only, sessile, kidneyshape, two- 

 valved, one-celled, in the axillae of the leaves, or in spikes 

 — Stalk branched ; leaves scattered. 



a. Plananthus. Conceptacles sessile in the axillce of the 

 leaves. 



1. Lycopodium imindatum. Inundation wolfsclaw. 



Stalk rather branchy, creeping ; ^lowering branches single, 



simple, erect ; apex one-rowed ; leaves linear, spread, acute, 



slightly nicked, curved above. 



Lycopodium q.Muscus terrestris repens, i2a« Syn. 108,4. 

 L. palustre repens, clava singulari. Dill, M. 452. 

 Lycopodium inundatura, Lin. S. P. 1565, 

 Creeping clubmoss. 



Inundated heaths, turf bogs ; perennial ; June, July. 



Flowering branches 1 or 2 inches long', floral leaves larger 

 than the common, much dilated at the base, and often one^ 

 toothed ; conceptacles small. 



