$§ Leaves not untform. 
I Fertile stems uni-spicate 
7. L. carolinianum L. 
Lycopodium carolinianum L. Sp. Pl. 1104. Eat. 
l.c. 697. Underw. in Ill. Fl. 1: 43; Nat. Ferns 
133; in Britt. Man. 26. Clufe, 1. c. 120. 
Plants with creeping, flattened stems and short, sterile 
branches ; leaves lanceolate, sessile, 5 mm. long; fertile 
stems 2 dm. or higher, beset with few linear leaves; 
spikes 2-5 cm. long. 
In moist pine woods. 
Near Branchville, Md., Maxon. 
2 Fertile stems 2-3-spicate. 
a Leaves g-ranked, those of the lower side 
much reduced. 
8. L. complanatum L. eos 
Lycopodium complanatum L. |. c. 1104. Eaton, 
l. c. 697. Underw. in Ill. Fl. 1: 43; Nat. Ferns 
135; in Britt. Man. 26. Cluze,1. c. 88. 
Plants with long, creeping rootstocks and spreading 
fan-shaped branches ; leaves minute, cuspidate, those of 
the lower side scarcely more than 0.5 mm. long; fertile 
stems (with few awl-shaped leaves) forking above and 
bearing two or more narrow spikes. 
In woods. Autumn, 
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