444 101. LYCOPOBIACE^. ■ 



■ 1, I. laeu^tris (L.) ; 1. subulate roundish-quadfangular with 4 

 loflgitudiiial jointed tubes upright 'dark grefen, larger sporii 

 hhintly'-tiih^-ded rather- mealy, tubercles overtopped' by the 

 valve-edg-es.^^. B\ 1084., ■ HMc. F. 55. M. vii. l.-^Uh'izome 

 a blunt tuber. L. slender, broad and flat at the. base, bUt else- 

 where between cylindrical and- qjiadrangular, 2 — 6. in. long. — 

 Bottom oflakes and pools in holy districta. P. VI. E.S.I. 



2. I. echinos'pora (Dur. !) ; 1. subulate roundish-quadraagnlar 

 with 4 longitudinal jointed tubes patent pale green, large)- spores 

 very acutely tuberfled,- tubercles overtopping tlie valve-edges. — 

 i&CTJi. J. of A i. t. 1. — Muoli like Sp. 1. L. turning yellow, 

 less rigid, flattened and dilated below. ' Spores covered with 

 long acute spine-like tubercles, not mealy. — Bottom of pools and 

 lakes in hilly districts. Llanberis, N. Wa,lcs. Loch of Park 

 neai- Aberdeen. Ben Voirlioh, Dnmbartonshure. Gap' of Dun- 

 loe, Kerry. P. VI. E. S. L 



**' Rhizome mote or lesp covered by the persistent hardened 

 leaf-bases. • Caps, whol^3^■c6'vered by the membranous edge 

 of the pouch. Swollen leaf-base with a, central longitudinal 

 rugose band bh the baftk. — Terrestrial. 



[I: Hys'trit: (Dur.'!) ; 1. filiform plane-convex obscurely tubu- 

 lar, persistent 1. -bases short blackish each with 2 long horns and 

 ■an interm.' tooth, larger spbre.s white and bluntly tubercled. — 

 I.'Duriei Hook; P. 56. — -RMzbriie stnAll, rarely if ever quite 

 naked. L. very slender, ultimately very much enlai^'ed at the 

 base to enclose the capsule, 1 — 2 in. long.— Dampish sandy and 

 stony places. L'Ancresse Bay, Guernsey. Mr. G. Wolsey. 

 P. V. VI.] '■ •'■ 'V '■ ■ 



, ,, 2. Lycopo'bium Zinn. , Club-mpss., 



* Caps, all \-celled. Sporuleslike powdei: Lycopodicti Koch. 



1. L. claDdtum (L.); 1. scattered incurved with a filamentous 

 point, spikes .stalked ,2 oj 3 together cylindrical,, sc^alw ovate- 

 triangular membranous finely incise-serrate . — E.^. 224. JV". 353. 



^ — St. prostrate,, long. Bran9hp3 , .short, ascending. ,, Spikes on 

 long stalks, pal6 yellow. Scales on the stalks irregiulady disposed 

 in whorls.— Beaths. P. VII. VIII. Common Cluh-moss. E. S. I. 



2. L. annoiinum (L.^ ; L, scattered lauceolkte uuicronate ser- 

 rulate, spikes sessile solitary' terminal, scaJeS rouiidish' wjth an 

 attenuate point niembrarious and j'agged.^JE'. B'. 1727. N. 361. 

 — St. prostrate, long. Branches^rather long,, erect, each year's 

 irrowth marked by a spot where thte leaves are adpressed. v-'pikes 

 cylindrical, greenish yellow, not persistent.'— Stony mountains. 

 Rare in- Caernarvonshire and Cumberland. Common in the 

 Highlands of Scotland. P. VIII. ' - E. S. 



