978 CRYPTOGAMIA. MISCELLANEA5. Lycopodium. 
II. Ox. xv. 5, row 2. 11, the middle and upper branches , the rest belonging 
to L. Selaginoides. 
Stem, creeping. Spikes solitary, sessile, smooth, branched; the length of a 
linger or more, cylindrical. Spikes sessile, upright. Leaves, awl-shaped, 
pointed, smooth, on the creeping shoots pointing one way, two lines long, 
and one broad at the base. Pol. Shoots, those bearing spikes an inch 
long, upright, cylindrical. Leaves strap-shaped, crowded, without ter¬ 
minal hairs. Capsules compressed, roundish, not kidney-shaped. Web. 
Marsh Club-moss. Moist heaths and turfy bogs. Hounslow Heath, and 
near Esher. Near Norwich; Ellingham Fen, near Bungay, Suffolk. Mr. 
Woodward. On Norton Bog, Cannock Wood, Staffordshire. Hon. Mr. 
Bagot. Near the Bowder Stone, Keswick. Mr. Winch. Shores of Coles- 
hill Pool, Warwickshire. Bree, in Purt. E.) P. June—Sept. 
L. sela'go. Leaves scattered; pointing eight ways: stem forked 
upright: branches all of the same height: flowers scattered. 
E. Bot. 233— Dill. 56. 1 —FI. Dan. 104— H. Ox. xv. 5, row 2. 9— Scheuch. 
It. i. 6. 2. 
Leaves obliquely disposed in eight rows, which may be best observed by 
holding the ends of the branches perpendicular to the eye. Linn. Stems 
upright, branched, from three to seven inches high, forked; branches 
again forked, closely covered with leaves. Leaves spear-shaped, sharp- 
pointed, stiff, smooth, shining, scolloped or serrated, and cartilaginous at 
the edge. Capsules in the bosom of the upper leaves, kidney-shaped, 
flatted, yellow, opening like an oyster, and pouring out a pale yellow 
powder. Weis. The whole plant very firm and stiff; from two to five 
inches high. 
Fir Club-moss. (Welsh: Cnwp-fwsogl syth mwyaf. Gaelic: Garbling- 
an-t-sleibh. E.) Mountainous heaths, in the clefts of rocks in Yorkshire, 
Lancashire, Westmoreland, Cumberland, the Highlands and Hebrides. 
Near the top of Ingleborough, Yorkshire. Curtis. On Dartmoor, 
Devon. (In Cae rhos lligwy, Anglesey. Welsh Bot. Pentland 
Hills, on the rocks above Swanston wood. Dr. Greville. Needwood 
Forest, Staffordshire. E.) April—Oct.* 
L. anno'tinum. Leaves scattered, pointing five ways; somewjiat 
serrated: stem jointed at each year’s shoot: spikes terminal, 
smooth, upright. 
(E. Bot. 1727. E.)— Dill. 63. 9—II. Ox. xv. 5, row 1. 3— FI. Dan. 127— 
Pluk. 205. 5. 
Branches contracted at the last year’s shoots, as in the female of Polytrichum 
commune. Leaves whorled, in fives, expanding, decurrent. Linn. Root 
branched. Trailing stem, very long. Upright shoots from one to two 
inches and a half high, generally branched, supporting the spikes of fructi¬ 
fication : (six to twelve inches high. E.) 
(Interrupted Club-moss. E.) On the mountains of Carnarvonshire. 
Bay. About two hundred yards South West of Llyn y Cwn, Carnarvon¬ 
shire. Mr. Griffith. (Summit of Cairn Gorum. Dr. Hooker. E.) 
P. June—Sept. 
* Internally the effects of this plant are very violent; but it destroys worms. A decoc¬ 
tion of it relieves swine and cattle of vermin. Linn. Its properties seem to challenge 
further inquiry. (If given in too large doses it occasions convulsions. In the Island of 
Raasy, near Sky, it is used instead of alum, to fix colours in dyeing. Encyc. Brit. E.) 
