CRYPTOGAMIA. MISCELLANEA. Lycopodium. 977 
L. clava'tum. Leaves scattered, terminating in threads: spikes cylin¬ 
drical, on fruit-stalks, in pairs. 
Dicks. H. S. — E. Bot. 224— Dill. 58. 1— FI. Dan. 126— H. Ox. xv. 5, row 
1. 2— Gesn. i. Tab. Piet. f. 2— Blackw. 535— Pluk. 47. 8— Trag. 555— 
Lon. i. 179. 1— Ger. 1374. 11— Mattli. a. C. B. — Lob. Obs. 645. 1, Ic. i. 
244. 2— Ger. Em. 1562. 11 —Matth. 63—Park. 1307.4— J. B. iii. 766. 
Stem creeping. Leaves open. Linn. Shoots from one to several feet in 
length, firmly attached to the earth by woody fibres. Branches expand¬ 
ing, distant, trailing; the lower ones again subdividing into forks. Leaves 
closely tiled, strap-spear-shaped, pointed, and hooked, with long white 
hairs at the end. In the summer, from the ends of the branches, the 
fruit-stalks rise up, almost leafless, jointed, straight, rigid, from two to 
four inches high, dividing at the top in two or three cylindrical, flower¬ 
ing spikes. Spikes closely tiled with scales or husks, egg-spear-shaped, 
pointed, hairy at the end, ragged at the edges. Each of these scales in¬ 
closes a kidney-shaped yellow capsule, exploding when ripe a yellow 
powder, which resembles sulphur, and burns with an explosion. Weis. 
Fruit-stalk generally with two equal spikes, frequently with one, and 
sometimes with three, which are unequal, Gough. 
Common Club-moss. Wolf’s-claw. Dry places on mountains, stony 
heaths, and in woods. P. July—Aug.* 
L. selaginoPdes. Leaves scattered, fringed, spear-shaped: spikes 
solitary, terminal, leafy. 
Dill. 68, Selaginoides — FI. Dan. 70 — (F. Bot. 1148. E.)— Scheuch. It. 1. 6. 
I, at p. 43— Hall. Enum. 3. 1, at p. 109, and Hist. 46. 1, iii. p. 56— 
II. Ox. xv. 5, row 2. 11, the lower part of the figure , the upper being L. 
inundatum. Pluk. 47. 7. 
Capsules , those at the base of the lower leaves when viewed sidewise ap¬ 
parently in threes, but really in fours, one pair above and the other pair 
below ; at length opening, and disclosing as many large solid seeds ; those 
at the base of the upper leaves yellower, of a looser texture, entirely 
simple, round: Linn., (and not understood. Smith suggests they may 
possibly be gemmae , like those of viviparous flowers. E.) Plant from 
one to three inches high. 
Prickly Club-moss. (Welsh: Cnwp-fwsogl syth lleiaf. Mountainous 
heaths and pastures. In Scotland, the north of England, and Wales. 
Mountains in Westmoreland. Mr. Woodward. Rocks above Ffynnon 
frea, Lanberris. Mr. Griffith. (On Tywyn Trewan, and Tywyn, Aber- 
ffraw, Anglesey,abundantly. Welsh Bot. Pentland Hills. Mr.Neill. Grev. 
Edin. In Ashness Gill, above Barrow Force, between Keswick and 
Borrowdale. Mr. Winch. Near Middleton, in Teesdale, Durham. E.) 
P. June—Sept. 
L. inunda'tum. Leaves scattered, very entire: spikes terminal, leafy. 
Dicks. H. S.—E. Bot. 239 —FI. Dan. 336—Dill. 61. 7—Vailf. 16. 11— 
* In Sweden this plant is formed into door mats. It restores ropy wine in a few days. 
The seeds flash when thrown into a flame, and it is said are used in the theatres to imitate 
lightning. They are with difficulty made wet, and if scattered upon a bason of water the 
hand may be dipped to the bottom without wetting it. (The powder of the capsules, 
(seeds which have been proved to vegetate. Linn. Tr. ii. 31-3.) is used in Russia to heal 
chops and sores. The Poles apply a decoction of the plant, with a linen cloth, to the heads 
of persons affected with that very troublesome disease the Plica polonica , which is said to 
be cured by this fomentation. E.) 
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