THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
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the fertile are totally without branches. At the end of 
June the sterile stems are widely branched. 
The stems of the common scouring Rush {Eqvtisetum 
hiemale), being evergreen, are in sight at all times of the 
year. About May 23 the new shoots begin to appear.; 
They make very slow growth and before any fruiting 
spikes have appeared on them some of last year's fertile 
stems have occasionally sent out slender branches from; 
just below the old fruiting spike, and these are tipped; 
with minute fruiting spikes. By July 3 the fruiting spikes, 
begin to show from the top sheaths of the fertile stems,- 
and about August 5 the spores are scattered. This; 
species is an inhabitant of dry soil and is common but 
not abundant. 
A little plant very easy to pass over is the sedge-like 
horsetail {Equisetum scirpoides). It is an evergreen 
inhabitant of banks and hummocks at the base of trees 
and old stumps in swamps, and is frequent in this local- 
ity. About July 16 the fruiting spikes begin to appear,, 
and during August many mature and shed their spores.. 
The rest remain with the spores enclosed over winter. 
Of the club-mosses found in Wellington County by 
far the commonest, is the shining club-moss (Ljcopodium 
lucidulum). It is, as are all our species, an inhabitant 
of hemlock woods. The spore-cases are borne in the axils 
of the leaves and the spores are shed about October 15. 
It has, however, another means of propagation besides 
by spores, as many of the stems both fertile and sterile, 
produce near the tips bud-like bodies which fall to the 
ground and become new plants. 
The ground pine (Lycopodium obscurum) is rare in 
this locality, only a few small patches at present being 
known. The spores are shed about September 25. 
The stiff club-moss {Lycopodium annotinum), while 
scarce in the count3% is known to exist in great abund- 
ance in one hemlock woods in company with the shining 
club-moss and the common club-moss. Here it forms 
dense mats many yards in extent and when in fruit 
