LrcopoDiuM. 457 



enclose the capsule, 1 — 2 in. long, annual. — ^Dampiah sandy and 

 stony places. L'Ancresse, Guernsey. Mr.G.Wolsey. P. V.VI.] 



2. LTCOPo'Diirit Linn. Club-mosB. 



• St. creepitiff, prostrate. Caps, in term, spikes, with bractlike 

 leaves. Lepidotis Palis. 



1. L. clavdtum (L.) ; 1. scattered imbricate incurved hair- 

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

 triangular membranous finely incise-serrate. — E. S. 224. II. F. 

 49. N. 353. — St. long. Branches short, ascending. Spikes on 

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

 in whorls. — Heaths. P. VII. MIX. Common CM-moss. E!S. I. 



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

 nate serrulate, spikes sessile solitary terminal, scales roundish 

 shortly acuminate membranou.s and jagged. — K B. 1727. X. 

 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 m Caer- 

 narvonshire and Cumberland. Common in the Highlands of 

 Scotland. P. VIII. E. S. 



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

 entire, spikes sessile 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 subten'aneau 

 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. \ HI. Savin-leaved 

 Clztb-moss. E. S. I. 



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

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

 239. II. F. 51. -lY 369. — St. short, prostrate, rooting. Branches 

 few, simple, fei'tile. Bracts subtdate from a dilated base. — Boggy 

 heaths. P. Vin. IX. E. S. I. 



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

 solitary. No spikes. L. all alike, Plananthus Palis. 



6. L. Seldgo (L.) ; I. in eight rows croioded uniform linear- 

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

 common leaves, st. erect forked level-topped. — E.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 

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

 situations become much lengthened. — ^Heaths, chiefly on moun- 

 tains. P. VI.— Vin. Fir Cluh-moss. E. S. I. 



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