^So CRYPTOGAMIA MU!:CI. 



out a light yellow powder, which blown into the 

 flcimc of a candle, flalhes with a fmall explofion. 

 The Stvedes make matts of this mofs to rub their 

 (hoes tipcin. 

 - . In Ruffia^ and fortie other countries, the powder 

 of the capfules is ufed in medicine to heal galls 

 in children, chops in the H^in, and other fores. 

 It is alfo ufcd to powder over officinal pillsj and 

 to make artificial lightning at theatres. 

 The Poles make a decoftion of the plant, and, 

 dipping a linen cloth into it, apply it to the 

 heads of perfons afflided with the difcafc called 

 • ■ • ' - the Vlica Polonica, which is faid to be cured by 

 this kind of fomentation. . : 



/aagivcide! I.YCOPODIUM foliis fparfis ciiiatis lanceolatis^ 



2. fpicis folitariis terminalibus foliolis. Sp pi. 1565. 



{Haller.hiJi.n.i-jiy.t.A^.f.i. Scheuchz. II. 



. ,; : Jlpinum Tom. I. p. 4 3- ^- 6- /• ^- ^^«^- ^^^^^'^ 



■ :• ■; '. , ' r^fc. t. 88./. i. Oed.Dan. t. yo.) 



•3-" Prickly or ciliated Club-mofs. Anglis. 



" - •' If) boggy places by the fides of rivulets on the 



' ^ hicrhland mountains frequent. %. VII-VIII. 



: The ftalk is branched and creeping •, the fru£lify*d 



" , '„.. branches ereft, one or two inches high, fur- 

 " ^ ^-oundedevery where with oval-lanceolate patent, 

 and elegantly ciliated leaves. The capfules are 

 placed in the AU of the upper leaves, and are 

 of two kinds ; the uppermofl round and fmgle^ 

 containing only a pollen, or powder j the lower- 

 mod 



