738 lycopodiacejm. 



B. Lycopodales, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 402. 



ORDER CCLXX.— LYCOPODIACEJE, DC. ;— Lindl. Nat. Syst, 



p. 403. 



THE CLTJB-MOSS TRIBE. 



Usually moss-like plants, with creeping stems and imbricated leaves, or 

 stemless plants, with erect subulate leaves, and a solid cormus. (Lindl.) 

 They are most abundant in damp hot situations in the tropics, but are 

 also natives of even the north of Europe, where whole tracts are found 

 covered with Lycopodium alpinum and selagino'ides, L. The genera usu- 

 ally included in the order are Lycopodium, Psilotum, and Isoetes. Of the 

 first of these, Wall. Cat. enumerates 30 species, chiefly discovered in Ne- 

 pal, the Khassya Mountains, the Neelgherries, Courtallum, Penang, and 

 Singapore ; of the second, 2 (Nepal, Singapore) ; and of the third, only 1 , 

 (Peninsula of India.) 



The thecBe of Lycopodium contain an inodorous powder, which is used 

 externally to cover excoriations, especially of new-born children. The 

 powder is very inflammable, and used in fireworks. A decoction of L. 

 clavatum and L. Selago, L. excites vomiting. The latter is prescrib- 

 ed in Russia as a purgative and emetic, but only in small doses, as it 

 otherwise brings on convulsions. 

 Lycopodium, L. {Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 69.) 



1. Hookeri, Wall. {Hook, and Grev. 2, t. 85.) % Nepal. Fl. R. S. 



2. Wildenowii, Desv. (Spreng. syst. 4, p. 19. — L. plumosum, Roxb. H. 

 B. p. 75 ; not L.) %. Paras. Penang. Fl. R. S. 



3. cernuum, L. {Spreng. syst. 4, p. 15 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 243 ; — 

 excl. syn.) % Penang. Singapore. Concans. Khassya Mountains. Fl. 

 R. S. 



4. Phlegmaria, L. {Spreng. syst. 4, p. 12; — Roxb. H. B. p. 75; — J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 243 ;—Rheed. 12, t. 14 -—Rumph. 6, t. 41, f. 1.) 

 ^"St^l^ Seetahar. % Paras. Bengal, (Serampore.) Soonderbuns. Pe- 

 nang. Singapore. Khassya Mountains. The Ghauts. S. Concan. Fl R. S. 



5. imbricatum, Roxb. {H. B. p. 75.) ^^t'C^'^l Hatajora. % ^«a^ Bengal, 

 (Serampore.) Fl. R. S. 



6. aristatum, Roxb. {H. B. (1814,) p. 75; not Humb. — Dill. muse. t. 

 66,/. 7.) % Paras. China. Introduced in H. C. G. in 1812. {Roxh) 

 Fl. ? 



IsoETEs, L. {Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 69.) 



I. capsularis, Roxb. {H. B.p. 75.) %. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. C. S. 

 Is this identical with I. coromandelina, L., and I. indica, Hb. Russ. ? 



* jAjcopodium canaliculatum, L. The Concans.— -L. complanatum, L. 

 Courtallum. Dindygul. — L. ornithopodiokles , L. Courtallum. — L. pal- 

 lidum, Hook and Grev. Courtallum. — L. circinale, L. Behar. — L. 



