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101. LYCOPODIACE^. 
longitudinal jointed tubes upright dark green, larger spores 
hhmthj tuherded rather meahf. — E. B. 1084. R. vii. 1. — Rhizome 
a bhmt tuber. L. slender, broad and flat at the base, but else- 
where between cylindrical and quadrangular, 2 — 6 in. long. — 
Bottom of lakes and pools in hilly districts. P. VI. E. S. I. 
2. /. echinos'pora (Diu\ !) ; 1. subulate roundish-quadrangular 
with 4 longitudinal jointed tubes patent pale gi-een, larger spores 
very actiteh/ tuherclexl. — Much like Sp. 1. L. turning yellow, 
less rigid. Spores covered with long acute spiue-Hke tubercles, 
not mealy. — Bottom of pools and lakes in hiUy districts. In t^ o 
places near Llanberis, X. Wales. Loch of Park near Aberdeen. 
Ben Voirlich, Dimibartonshire. P. VI. E. S. 
** Rhizome more or less covered by the persistent hardened 
leaf-bases. Ca^s. wholly covered by the membranous edgi 
of the pouch. bwoUen leaf-base with a central longitudmal 
rugose band on the back. — Ten-estrial. 
[J. Hrjs'trix (Dur. !) ; 1. filifonn plane-convex obscurely tubu- 
lar, persistent l.-bases short blackish each with 2 long horns and 
an inlerm. tooth, larger spores white and bluntlj- tubercled. — 
Rhizome small, rarely if ever quite naked. L. veiy slender, 
ulrimately very much enlarged at the base to inclose the capsule. 
1 — 2 in. long. — Dampish sandy and stony places. L'Ancresse 
Bay, Guernsey. 3L: G. Wulsey'. P. V. Vl. J 
2. Lycoro'Dirji Linn. Club-moss. 
• Caps, all l-celkd. Sporuks likepoioder. Lycopoditjm Koch. 
1. L. clavdtum (L.) ; 1. scattered incurved with a filamentou.'^ 
point, spilies stalked 2 or 3 together cylindrical, scales ovate- 
triangular membranous finely incise-serrate. — E. B. 224. K. 3o.'). 
—St. prosti-ate, long. Branches short, ascending. Spikes on 
long stalks, pale yellow. Scales on the stalks irregidarly disposed 
in whorls.— Heaths. P. VII. VIII. Cmnmon Club-moss. E.S.I. 
2. L. annot'imim (h.) ; 1. scattered lanceolate mucronate ser- 
rulate, xpikes sessile solitary tenninal, scales roimdish with an 
attenuate point membranous and jagged. — E. B. 1727. N. 3(il. 
— St. prostrate, long. Branches rather long, erect, each yeai',- 
growth marked by a spot where the leaves are adpressed. Spikes 
cylindrical, greenish yellow, not persistent. — Stony mountains. 
Rare in Caernar^•oushire and Cumberland. Common in thf 
Highlands of Scotland. P. VIU. E. S. 
8. L. alpimm (L.); /. in four rmvs imbricate acute keeled 
entire, spikes sessile solitary tenninal, scales ovate-lanceolate 
flat, branches erect clustered forked level-topped. — E. B. 2;!4. 
JV' ijGo. — St. prosti-ate, long. Fertile branches usually twice di- 
