€go cryptogaMia muscl 



branches, 2nd are yellow, nearly cylindrical, 

 three quarters of an inch long, and perfecftly 

 feiTile. The fcales are acutely oval, and finely 

 lacer .ted on the edges j the capfules kidney- 

 Ihap'd. 



alpinum 6. LYCOPODIUM foliis quadrifariam imbricatis 

 acutis, furculis credis dichotomis, Ipicis fefllli- 

 bus teretibus. Sp. pL 156J. (Lin. Flor, Lap. t. 

 II. f. 6. Dilkn. mujc. t. 58./. 2. Oed. Dan. t. 



790 

 Alpine Club-mofs. Savin Club-rnofs. AngUs. 



it grows near the fummits of almoft all the high 

 mountains of the Highlands and Hei^rides abun- 

 dantly, %.. VIII. 



The ftalk is proftrate and creeping, from a foot 

 to a yard long, thinly fcatrered with a few fcaly 

 leaves. The branches grow in clufbers, two or 

 three inches lono;, eredl and dichotomous, im- 

 bricated with four longitudinal feries of fhort, 

 P-ifF, oval- acute incurved leaves, prefTed clofe to 

 the branches. The 'ower branches are triangu- 

 lar, and the imbrication of the leaves fo lax^- 

 that their pofition is only alternately oppofite. 

 The fpikes are finglc, fellile, about half an inch 

 lone;, and terminj-te the branches. The fcales 

 arc oval-lanceolate, acute, finely crenated on the 

 edges, and of a dull green colour. The cap- 

 fjJcs are large and yellow. 



The 



