CLUB-MOSS FAMILY 



LYCOPODIUM. Club-Moss. 



The name is from the Greek, litcos, wolf, and 

 pons, foot. 



All the plants of this genus are evergreen. 

 Several of the trailing species are extensively 

 used for holiday decorations. The yellow pow- 

 der — minute spores — from the fertile spikes 

 of some species is inflammable. It is sometimes 

 called vegetable brimstone, and is used in the 

 manufacture of fireworks. It is also valuable in 

 medicine. 



STIFF CLUB-MOSS. 



Lycopodiiim annotinuni. 



Stems prostrate and creeping, with many up- 

 right branches from five to eight inches high, 

 forked in pairs. 



The leaves are equal, spreading, in five ranks, 

 minutely serrulate, pointed and rigid. 



It grows in cold woods, and is common in 

 northern New England, but is found only oc- 

 casionally in the southern portion. It is some- 

 times known as Interrupted Club-Moss. 



The fertile branches are terminated by a 



