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LYCOPODIACEiE. 



Lycopodium. 



* Selago, Dill. Capsules axillary, scattered. 



1. Lycopodium Selago, Linn. Fir Clubmoss. 



Leaves about 8-rowed, lanceolate, entire, awnless ; stems dichotomous, erect ; fruit axillary. 

 — Linn. sp. 2. p. 1102; Engl. hot. t. 233; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 386; Torr. compend. p. 

 389 ; Hook. cj- Grev. in Hook. hot. misc. 2. p. 363 ; Beck, hot. p. 462 ; Hook, fl. Bor.-Am. 

 2. p. 266. 



Stems erect, fastigiate, dichotomously branched, rigid. Leaves 3-5 lines long, spreading, 

 dark green and shining, rigid, similar in form on every part of the stem. Capsules partly 

 concealed in the axils of the leaves, reniform, yellowish, opening horizontally by 2 valves. 

 Sporules very minute. 



Summit of Mount Marcy ; also on Whiteface Mountain (Dr. Emmons and Prof. J. Hall). 

 Fr. July. This rare species has also been found on the White Hills of New Hampshire. 

 In Europe it is quite common, 



2. Lycopodium lucidulum, Michx. Shining Clubmoss. 



Leaves in about 8 rows, linear-lanceolate, denticulate, acute, spreading or reflexed ; stem 

 twice or thrice forked, the branches ascending ; fruit axillary. — Michx. fl. 2. p. 284; Pursh, 

 fl. 2. p. 654 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 386 ; Torr. compend. p. 389 ; Hook. Grev. I. c. p. 365 ; 

 Beck, hot. p. 461 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 590. L. refiexum, " Schk. Fil. t. 159" ; Swartz, 

 syn. p. 175. 



Stem prostrate ; the forked branches erect, 6-12 inches high. Leaves 4-5 lines long, 

 dark green and shining, rigid. Capsules semiorbicular-reniform, compressed from above 

 downward, sessile in the axils of the leaves, pale yellow. 



Moist shady woods and in swamps : rather common. Fr. July - August. This species 

 is peculiar to North America. 



** Lepidotis, Beauv. Capsules collected in bractcale spikes or arnents. 

 t Leaves of one kind, surrounding the stem on all sides. 



3. Lycopodium inundatum, Linn. Low Marsh Clubmoss. 



Stem prostrate, creeping ; fertile branches solitary, erect, with a single oblong sessile and 

 leafy spike at the apex ; leaves linear, scattered, acute, sparingly denticulate or entire ; 

 capsules transversely ovoid, opening near the base. — Linn. sp. 2. p. 1102; Engl. hot. t. 

 239 ; Michx. fl. 2. p. 283 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 653 ; Torr. compend. p. 388 ; Hook. $ Grev. 

 enum. Fil. I. c. p. 372; Beck, hot. p. 461 ; Tuckerm. in Sill. jour. 45. p. 47. L. Caroli- 

 nianum, Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 384. 



var. alopecuroides : fertile branches elongated ; leaves linear-subulate, ciliolate-denticulate 

 at the base. — Tuckerm. I. c. L. alopecuroides, Linn. sp. 2. p. 1002 ; Michx. I. c; " Schk. 

 Fil. t. 160" ; Pursh, I. c; Torr. compend. I. c. ; Hook. Grev. 1. c. ; Beck, I. c. ; Spring, 

 in Mart. Sf Endl. fl. Brasil. fasc. 1. p. 114 ? 



