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THE CLUBMOSS FAMILY. 



2. Interrupted Clubmoss. 

 (Fie 



Lycopodium annotinum, Linn. 

 . 1214.) 



Fig. 1244. 

 and North Wales. 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1727.) 



The long, hard, creeping stems, with 

 short ascending branches all covered 

 with leaves, are the same as in the com- 

 mon C.j but the leaves are much stiffer, 

 more spreading, fully 3 lines long, with- 

 out any hair-like point, and the spikes, 

 seldom an inch long, are always solitary 

 and closely sessile at the extremity of 

 the leafy branches. 



In mountain heaths, woods, and stony 

 places, in central and northern Europe, 

 Russian Asia, and North America, ex- 

 tending from the Alps to the Arctic re- 

 gions. In Britain, only in the moun- 

 tains of Scotland, northern England, 

 Fr. summer and autumn. 



3. Alpine Clubmoss. Lycopodium alpinum, Linn. 

 (Eig. 1245.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 234.) 



Fig. 1245. 



The stems 

 species, and 



creep as in the last two 

 sometimes attain a con- 

 siderable length, but the ascending 

 branches are much more divided, forming 

 close clusters or tufts, 2 to 3 inches high. 

 Leaves scarcely above a line long, few on 

 the creeping stems, numerous on the 

 branches, and closely imbricated in 4 

 rows. Spikes about \ inch long, closely 

 sessile, and solitary at the extremity of 

 the leafy branches. 



In mountain pastures, in Europe and 

 central and Russian Asia, extending 

 from the Pyrenees and Alps to the 

 Arctic regions. In Britain, common in 

 the mountains of Scotland, northern Ire- 

 land, and northern and central England, 



and in oue locality in Somersetshire. Fr. summer. 



