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CRYPTOGAMIA LYGOPODINE^. 
Class XXIV. 
Order S. 
LYCOPODINE^. 
Reproductive organs axillary, sometimes apparently spiked. Thecce ? of two kinds, the one containing minute 
granules, the other larger bodies. Stems covered with many small leaves. 
The reproductive organs of these plants are always axillary, the apparently spiked arrangement which they 
occasionally present being caused by the partial abortion of the leaves, at the base of which they are seated. 
The thecae (a) ? the nature of which is very doubtful, and which have accordingly been called by different writers 
capsules, conceptacula, and cocci, are formed of from one to three valves, and of a similar nwmber of cells, and 
contain either a mass of minute powdery granules, or some corpuscles of a larger size. The nature and 
properties of both these are uncertain. Decandolle imagines that one may be the means of fertilizing the 
other. 
2210. Lycopodium. Thecse reniform, l-celled, 2-valved, wj'ch many sporules. Sporules very minute, 
powdery. 
, 2211. Psilotum. Thecse 3-coccous, 3-celled ; cells opening^upwards, half 2-valved. 
2212. LYCOPO'DIUM. L. Club-Moss. Sp. 15—114. 
14632 clavatum W. common !t>. A cu | jl.au Br 
1463:? complanatum W. Arbor- vits-lvd.jf A cu | jl.au Br 
14634 alpinum W. Savin-leaved A cu ^ au Br 
14635 dendroideum W. 
14636 annotinum iV. 
fan 
interrupted 
marsh 
£ A cu f jl 
)t<. A cu f jn.au 
Britain hea. D p.l Eng. hot. 224 
N. Amer. 1770. D p.l Fl. dan. 78 
Britain al.bogs. D p.l Eng. bot. 234 
N. Amer. 1770. D p.l Hook. ex. fl. 7 
Britain al.hea. D p.l Eng. bot. 1727 
14637 inundatum W. 
14638 Selagino'ides W prickly 
14639 ornithop6dioides Bird's-claw 
14640 helveticum W. Swiss 
14641 denticulatum W. toothed 
14642 Selago W. Fir 
*~ A cu A jn.jl Br Britain tur.bo. D p.l Eng. bot. 
14643 rupestre W. 
14644 lucidulum W. 
14645 apodum W. 
14646 alopecuroides W. 
rock 
glittering 
stemless 
Walking Fern A cu 
!U A cu ^ au 
^ A cu I jn.a 
^ A cu lin 
)t« A cu 1 in jl 
JU, A cu A au 
JL. A cu ^ au 
A cu I au 
JU A cu A au 
Br 
Br 
Br 
Br 
Br 
Br 
Br 
Br 
Br 
Britain w.al.h. 
1812. 
Switzerl. 1779. 
Switzerl. 1779. 
D p.l 
D p.l 
D p.l 
D p.l 
Britain w.al.h. D p.l 
N. Amer. ... D p.l 
N. Amer. 1823. D p.l 
N. .'.mer. 1819. D p.l 
N. Amer. 1821. D p.l 
Eng. bot. 1148 
Dil.M.t.66.f.l.B. 
Dill. M. t. 64. f. 2 
Dil.M.t.66.f. l.A 
Eng. bot. 233 
Schk. fil. t. 165 
Schk. fil. t. 159 
Djll.mus.t.64.f.3 
Dill. mus.t.62.f.6 
2213. PSILO'TUM. Swz. Psilotum 
14647 triquetrum Swx. triangular 
14638 
Sp. 1—3. 
(Za cu I jl.au Br 
W. Indies 1793. D p.l Schk. fil. t.l65.b. 
14642 
^^14641 /Jii^ 14643 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
2212. Lycopodium. From Xuzo;, a wolf, and tus, a foot ; on account, as Dalechamp assures us, of the 
resiemblance the roots bear to a wolf's foot. Selago is an ancient word applied to some succulent plant, and 
derived, according to De Theis, from the Celtic sel, sight, and jack, salutary, as being useful for complaints in 
the eyes. From the same root sel, was formed selma, the name of Fingal's hall, which in modern language 
would be called Belle-vue. The species are neat little evergreen moss-like herbaceous plants, some of which 
are found in all parts of the world. L helveticum is a pretty prostrate plant, with small bright green leaves ; 
for the beauty of which it is often cultivated in hothouses on the edge of the aquarium, or in pots set in 
pans of water. L. Phlcgmaria is a fine species found in various parts of the East Indies, but hitherto a stranger 
to our gardens. It is a parasite upon the trunks of trees, whence it hangs down in tufts from six inches to a 
