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LYCOPODIUM SELAGO. Lixx.eus. 
f Fir Cuh Moss.J 
Derivation of Specific Na^ie. Said to be from the Celtic 
sel, sight, and jach^ salutary, on account of its being once 
held valuable for diseases of the eye. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stems slightly decumbent and rooting or erect ; branched 
with branches usually of about the same length, varying 
from two to six or seven inches, and covered with dark- 
green lanceolate leaves, ending with a fine point and closely 
overlying each other. 
Spike none ; but the yellow 
Capsules are situated in the axils of the upper leaves. 
This club-moss can be grown in an ordinary greenhouse, 
and seems to exist there better than any other British 
species. It is utterly useless for town rockeries. 
USES. 
Violently emetic, purgative, and narcotic, consequently 
dangerous* to use. Decoction used as a wash to remove 
insects from swine and cattle. Made into an ointment in 
Scotland, and applied as a counter-irritant in the neighbour- 
hood of the eyes and for di’essing old wounds. The High- 
landers use it instead of alum to fix colours in dyeing, and 
