PI. end. cr. 
2. LY COPOD. 1 8. Lycopod. 
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Fam. II. 2. LYCOPODIACE^E. De Candolle. Lyco- 
podinidece, Swartz. 
Fructifications crustaceous, sessile in tlie axillae of the 
leaves, or of the bracteae ; conceptacles of two kinds ; the 
common sort (the male organs?) replete with fine powdery 
masses grouped 3 by 3, or 4 by 4 into spherical globules ; 
the less frequent (the female organs ?) including roughish 
spherical globules marked underneath with three promi- 
nent ribs. — Roots fibrous ; stem herbaceous or woody, 
simple or branched, frequently rampant ; leaves small, 
not nicked, numerous, either scattered, or alternate, or 
two rowed, frequently stipuled. 
Conceptacles capsular ; valvular; leaves cauline . 
Concep. 2 valved, 1 celled; seeds cohering 
in globules Lycopodium 18. 
Concep. 3 valved, 3 celled; seeds angular. Bernhardia 19. 
Concep. capsular, not valvular ; leaves radical. 
Isoetes 20. 
I. 18. LYCOPODIUM. Clusius. Wolfsclaw. 
Conceptacles of one kind only, sessile, kidneyshape, two- 
valved, one-celled, in the axillae of the leaves, or in spikes 
- — Stalk branched ; leaves scattered. 
a. Plananthus. Conceptacles sessile in the axillce of the 
leaves. 
1. Lycopodium imindatum. Inundation wolfsclaw. 
Stalk rather branchy, creeping ; flowering branches single, 
simple, erect ; apex one-rowed ; leaves linear, spread, acute, 
slightly nicked, curved above. 
Lycopodium q.Muscus terrestris repens, Raii Syn. 108,4. 
L. palustre repens, clava singular!. Dill. M. 452. 
Lycopodium inundatum, Lin . S. P. 1565, 
Creeping clubmoss. 
Inundated heaths, turf bogs; perennial; June, July. 
Flowering branches 1 or 2 inches long ; floral leaves larger 
than the common, much dilated at the base, and often one- 
toothed ; conceptacles small. 
