Plants 3-13 cm. high; stem creeping, forking, rather 
slender; fertile stems simple, erect; leaves linear-lanceo- 
late, entire or nearly so, about 5 mm. 1., spreading; 
spikes of variable lengths. 
Reported from this region, but I have seen no specimens from 
stations south of Pennsylvania. 
§§ Plaitts larger , 
1 . Leaves sparingly toothed. 
4. L. Chapmani Underw. PI. 9. 
L. iiiuhdatum appressiini Chapm, 187S. Pot. Gaz . 
3 : 20, not i. s el ago appressum Desv. 1827. 
Z. adpressiLDi Lloyd & Underw , 1900. Bull. Torr. 
CI. 27 : 153. Underw. N .t P^rns 132. 
L, CJiapnianl Underzv.\ Maxon, 1901. Proc. U. 
S. Nat. Mus. 23 : 646. Und. in Britc. 1. c. App. 
1037. 
i. alopecnroides adpressiini Clute, l.>e. i J 8. 
C 1 1 APM A N 'S C LUB- MOSS . 
Plants with creeping stems, rooting at intervals : leaves 
lanceolate, acimiinate, 5-6 mm. 1. ; fertile stems leafy, 
10-15 cm, or longer, 3-4 m:n. thick ; spikes narrow, 2-4 
cin. or longer, 4 mm. thick. 
I n W; e t , springy 
clay soil . 
G(3 
Summer. 
