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a. Spore cases m the axils of ordinary dark -green shining leaves, not form- 

 ing A wll marited terminal spike ; gemmae commonly present. 



Leaves uniform \. L. Selago. 



Zieaves in zones, alternately shorter and longer 2. X. lucidulum. 



a. Spore oases only in the axils of the upper (bracteal) leaves, forming a 

 spike b. 

 b. Bracteal leaves scarcely or not at all modified in form or texture. 



Braeteal leaves lance-Hnear or linear, scarcely broader at the base . 8. L. alopeeuroidm. 

 Bracteal leaves Unear-attenuate from a distinctly broadened ovate 



hase 4. X. imindatum.. 



0. Bracteal leaves scale-like, yellowish, very different from those of the 

 sterile parts of the stem c. 

 e. Sterile branches convex and uniformly leafy on all sides. 



Free part of leaves 4-8 mm. long ; fertile branches mostly 1.5- 

 2.5 dm. high. 

 Fertile branches leafy up to the spikes. 

 Creeping stem deep In the ground, the upright branches 



repeatedly forked, tree-like . . . (7) L. obscv/rnm^ v. dendroidetmb. 

 Creeping stem on or near the surface of the ground, its 

 numerous erect branches mostly subsimple or sparingly 



forked 5. Z. annolirmm. 



Fertile branches modified beneath the spikes into scaly pe- 

 duncles 6. Z. clavatwm. 



Free parts of the leaves 1-8 mm. long ; fertile branches usually 



6-18 cm. high 8. Z. sitcheme. 



c. Sterile branches flattened or concave beneath, the leaves usually 

 reduced or modified on the lower surface d. 

 d. Fertile branches leafy essentially to the spikes . 7. L. obsiywrwm,. 



d- Spikes borne on scaly peduncles e. 



e. Peduncles terminating upright leafy branches. 



Fertile branches usually 5-10, rarely 15 cm. high; free part 

 of lateral leaves linear-subulate, spreading, nearly or quite 



as long as the adnate part 9. Z. sabinaefoHwm 



Fertile branches usually 1.5-3 dm. high; free part of lateral 

 leaves deltoid-subulate, scarcely more than one third to 

 oii.= half the length of the adnate part. 

 Running stems deep in the ground; branches narrowly 

 linear, 1.3-1.8 mm. broad, their divisions very numer- 

 ous and crowded 12. i. tristachyum. 



Rnnning stems at or near the surface of the ground ; 

 branches 2-4 mm. broad, more loosely and openly 



forked 11. Z. complanatum. 



e. Peduncles springing directly from a short horizontal rootstock 10. Z. carolinianum. 



1. L. Seligo L. Stems erect and rigid, diohotomous, from a short slender 

 rootstock, forming a level-topped tuft (0.5-2.5 dm. high); leaves UMform, 

 lance-attenuate, crowded, ascending, glossy, pale green or yellowish, sharp- 

 pointed, entire or denticulate ; sporangia in the axils of unaltered leaves. — 

 Crevices of exposed or cold rock, chiefly alpine ; Greenl. to Alaska, s. to N. E., 

 L. Superior, Mont., and Wash., and on the higher Alleghenies to Va. (Widely 

 distr.) — Commonly geramiparous in the upper axils. Var. APPEissuM Desv. 

 Leaves closely crowded, oppressed. — Usually more abundant, extending s. to 

 N. C. 



Var. pjltens (Beauv.) Desv. Leaves linear-attenuate and wide-spreading, 

 da^yk green. — Cool calcareous cliffs, Que. and n. Vt. 



^"i. L. lucfduliim Michx. Stems assurgent, the old elongate bases very per- 

 sistent; leaves pointed, toothed, at first spreading, then deflexed, distinctly 

 i^roader above the middle, arranged in alternate zones of shorter and longer 

 leaves, the shorter leaves more frequently hearing sporangia in their axils ; 

 proliferous gemmae usually abundant but caducous. — Cold, damp woods ; Nfd. 

 to Ont., Minn., la., Ind., and southw. in the Alleghenies to S. C. 



Var. pordphilum (Lloyd & Underw.) Clute. Leaves lance-linear, attenuate, 

 narrowed from base to apex, nearly or quite entire. (L. porophilum Lloyd & 

 Underw.) — Mts. and cold ravines, local; Nfd. and e. Que. to Wise., s. to S. C. 

 and Ala. 



3. L. alopecuroides L. Stems stout, very densely leafy thioughout ; the 

 sterile branches reourved-procumbent and creeping; the fertile of the same 

 thickness, 13-3.3 cm. high ; leaves narrowly linear-awl-shaped, spinulose-pointed, 

 spreading, conspicuously bristle-tvothed below the middle; those of the cylinflri- 

 ccfi, spike loitli lon^ setaceous tips. (i. adpressttm Lloyd &' Uiicjcrw , iu 



