Lycopddium.'] cxi. lycopodiaceje. 595 



H, 1, Lycopodium Zmw. Club-moss. (Tab. XII. f. I.) 



"hi' 

 ^M Capsules 1-celled; some 2-valved, including a fine powdery 



substance (Tab. XII. f. 1. c, d, e.), others 3-valved, containing 



a few larj^e s^i^ains or seeds (Tab. XII. f. 1./, g^ h.). — Named 



' ^ still 



^'' It 



'liya ' from Xvfcog a ivolf^ and ttovcj ttoSoq^ ajbot 

 W/i some species are supposed to resemble. 



J Some 

 'on of 



sssed, 

 ame: 

 iched 



taiD 

 J on ' 



aot 



( 



y '^^ stalked, their scales ovate acuminate eroso-dentate, stem creep- 



\^^^^ ing, branches ascending, leaves scattered incurved and hair- 



oa£ pointed. i\ B. t. 224. 



H not Heathy pastures, especially in mountainous countries, — The seeds, 



being inflammable, are used to produce artificial lightning on the 

 sta^T^e; and the Poles make a decoction of the plant to cure that 

 terrible disease, the plica polonica. Stems many feet long. 



(J 2. L. annoVmum L. (interrupted (7.) ; spikes oblong -cylindrical 



solitary sessile terminal, stem creeping, branches ascending 

 dichotomous, branchlets simple, leaves in about 5 rows linear- 

 lanceolate mucronate serrulate patent. E. B, t. 1727. 



Stony mountains of North Wales, in Cumberland, and in the High- 

 ^ lands of Scotland. Not unfrequent on the Cairngorm range. 



\L,' I S.Jj.immddtumlj, (Marsh C.) ; spikes terminal sessile leafy 



solitary, stem (short) creeping branches simple few, leaves 

 linear scattered acute curved upwards. B. B. t. 239v 



more 



even 



Moist heathy places; but not very common. 



Rail 4. L. selaginoides L. (lesser alpine C) ; spikes terminal 



erhe solitary sessile, stem creeping, branches few ascending simple, 



d in leaves scattered lanceolate subpatent cillato-denticulate. E. -S. 



'Wsh t. 1148. 



Bill 



mountains 



not unfrequent, Sandy coast of Lancashire and Anglesea. 



) 



the 

 itch- 



nor * sessile short cylindrical, stem prostrate, branches dichotomous 

 ger- and ftiscicled, leaves in 4 rows oblong convex acute appressed. 



. p. E. B. t 234. 



On the more elevated mountains of the north, frequent. ^ — ^ It is 

 used in many countries to dye woollen cloth of a yellow colour* 



6. L. Seldgo L. (Fir C.) ; capsules in the axils of the com- 

 mon leaves (not spiked), stem dichotomously branched erect 

 ) fastlglate, leaves in about 8 rows linear-lanceolate acuminate 



entire imbricate rio;id. E. B. t. 233. 



^ m Heathy and stony soils, most abundant in mountainous conntnes, 



Used in the Highlands, instead of alum, to fix colours in dyeing, 

 also as an emetic or cathartic, but it operates violently. The Swedtjs 



ji. employ it to destroy lice on swine and other animals, 



