CXI. LYCOPODIACE-E. 
597 
Is6etes.~\ 
or sporules (f. 1 ,f,g, h ). — Named from \vkoc, a wolf, and ttociov 
dim. of 7 rove, a foot; which the branches of some species were 
supposed to resemble. 
1. L. clavatum L. ( common C.) ; spikes in pairs cylindrical 
stalked, their bracteas scale-like acuminate eroso-dentate, stem 
(long) creeping, branches ascending, leaves scattered incurved 
hair-pointed. E. B. t. 224 : Neivm. p. 353. 
Heathy pastures, especially in mountainous countries, "g. 7,8. — 
Stems many feet long. 
2. L. annutinum L. ( interrupted C.) ; spikes oblong-cylin- 
drical solitary sessile terminal, stem (long) creeping, branches 
ascending dichotomous, brar.chlets simple, leaves in about 5 
rows linear-lanceolate mucronate serrulate patent. E. B. 
t. 1727 : Newm. p. 361. 
Stony mountains of North Wales, Cumberland, and the Highlands 
of Scotland. Not unfrequent on the Cairngorm range, g. O' — 8. 
3. L. inunddtum L. ( Marsh C.) ; spikes terminal sessile leafy 
solitary, stem (short) creeping, branches simple few, leaves 
linear scattered acute curved upwards. E. B. t. 239 : Naum. 
p. 369. 
Moist heathy places, but not very common, g. 6 — 8. 
4. L. Selaginoides L. ( lesser alpine C .) ; spikes terminal 
solitary sessile, stem creeping, branches few ascending simple, 
leaves scattered lanceolate subpatent ciliato-denticulate. E. B. 
1. 1148: Neivm. p. 371. Selaginella spinosa Beauv. 
Boggy and springy spots, by the sides of mountains in the north 
of England and Wales ; not unfrequent in Scotland and Ireland. 
Sandy coast of Lancashire and Anglesea. g. 8. — This is the only 
British species which has capsules and sporules of two kinds. 
5. L. alpinum L. ( Savin-leaved C.) ; spikes terminal solitary 
sessile short cylindrical, stem (long) prostrate, branches dicho- 
tomous and fascicled, leaves in 4 rows oblong keeled acute 
adpressed. E. B. t. 234 : Neivm. p. 365. 
On the more elevated mountains of the north, frequent, g. 8. 
6. L. Seldgo L. (Fir C.) ; capsules in the axils of the com- 
mon leaves (not spiked), stem dichotomously branched erect 
fastigiate, leaves crowded uniform in about 8 rows linear-lan- 
ceolate acuminate entire imbricate rigid. E. B. t. 233 : Neivm. 
p. 375. 
Heathy and stony soils, more abundant in mountainous countries, 
g. 6—8. 
2. Isoetes Linn. Quill-wort. (Tab. XII. f. 2.) 
Leaves all radical, arising from a cormus (solid bulb). Cap- 
