Lycopodium Chapmani. 
L. adpressum [lloyd & Underw.1g9o0. Bull. Torr. 
Bot. Cl. 27: 153. Underw. Nat. Ferns 132. 
L. Chapmant Underw.; Maxon, Proc. U.S. Nat. 
Mus. 23: 646; in Britt. Man. 1037. 
L. alopecurotdes adpressum Clute, Fern All. 118. 
Plants with prostrate stems, rooting at intervals ; leaves 
lanceolate, acuminate, 5-6 mm. long; fertile stems leafy, 
10-15 cm. or longer, 3-4 mm. thick; spikes narrow, 2—4 
em. long, 4 mm. thick. 
Iuowet, sprangy clay soul. Summer, 
§§ Leaves bristle-toothed below the middle. 
4. L. alopecuroides L. 
Mucsus terrestris repens Virginianus, hum dif- 
Jusus &c. Morts. Pl. Hist. 3: 624. sect. 15. t. 
wee zee 
ee TAMILS TEJEXTS. =. Grom eZee 
L. alopecuroides L. Sp. Pl. 1002. Haton, in Gray 
Man.699. Underw. in Ill. Fl.1:41; Nat. Ferns 
123 ;.1n Britt; Man. 25. Clafe, loc. 116, 
Robust plants sometimes 5 dm. high, with long creep- 
ing or ascending branches; leaves spreading, 1 cm. or 
shorter, linear, spinulose ; spikes about 4 cm. long. 
In swamps. 
I have seen no specimens from our region, but many 
from New Jersey, Delaware, Eastern North Carolina 
and southwards. It occurs without much doubt in the 
intervening region —the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 
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