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2. Ltcopo'dium: Linn. Club-moss. 



St. creeping, prostrate. Caps, in term, spikes, loith bractlike ■ 

 leaves. Lbpidotis Palis. 



1. L. clavdtum (L.) ; 1. aeattsred imbricate incurved bair- 

 pointed, spikes stalked 2 or 3 togetber cylindrical, scales ovate- 

 triangular membranous finely incise-serrate. — H. B. 224. H. F. 

 49. N. 85-3. — St. long. Branches short, ascending. Spikes on 

 long stalks, pale yellow. Scales on the ped. irregularly disposed 

 in whorls. — Heaths. P. VII. VIII. CommonCtub-moss. E.S.I. 



2. L. annot'inum (L.) ; 1. loosely scattered lanceolate muoro- 

 nate serrulate, spikes sessile solitary terminal, scales roundish 

 shortly acuminate membranous and jagged — JS. S. 1727. iV. 

 361. — St. very long. Branches rather long, erect, each year's 

 growth marked by a constriction. Spikes cylindrical, greenish 

 yellow, not persistent. — Stony mountains. Very rare in Caer- 

 narvonshire and Cumberland. Common in the Highlands of 

 Scotland. P. VIII. E. S. 



3. i. alpinum (L.) ; I. in four rows, imbricate acute keeled 

 entire, spikes sesiile solitary terminal, scales ovate-lanceolate 

 flat, branches erect clustered forked level-topped. — E. B. 234. 

 H. F. 53. N. 365. — St. long, prostrate ; also a subterranean 

 rhizome. Fertile branches usually twice dichotomous, each di- 

 vision ending in a short cylindrical yellowish-green spike rather 

 thicker than the branch.— Stony moors. P. VIII. Savin-leaved 

 Club-moss. E. S. I. 



4. L. inunddtum (L.) ; 1. secund linear subulate, spikes ter- 

 minal sessile leafy solitary upon short erect branches. — E. B. 

 239. H. F. 51. N. 369. — St. short, prostrate, rooting. Branches 

 few simple, fertile. Bractssubulatefroma.AMteAhs.se. — Boggy 

 heaths. P.VnilX. E.S.I. 



««* St. decumbent below, then erect. Caps, in axils of upper leaves, 

 solitary. No spikes. L. all alike. PLAMANTHtrs Palis. 



6, L. SeUgo (L.); I. in eigU rows croioded uniform linear- 

 lanceolate acuminate, caps, not spiked but in the axils of the 

 common leaves, st. erect forked level-topped.—^. B. 233. H. F. 

 54. N. 375. — St. short, erect or slightly decumbent, densely leafy. 

 No separate spikes. At the extremity of the stems a few curious 

 viviparous buds may usually be found ; they are well illustrated 

 Toy Mr. Newman (p." 378). Occasionally the stems in sheltered 

 sanations become much lengthened.— Heaths, chieiiy on moun- 

 teins. P. VI.— VIII. Fir Club-moss. E.S.I. 



