§§ Leaves not uniform. 
I fertile stems uni-spicate 
7. L. carolinianum L. 
Lycopodium carolinianumL. Sp. Pl. 1104. Fat. 
l.c. 697. Underw. in Ill. Fl. 1: 43; Nat. Ferns 
133; in Britt. Man. 26. Clute, |. 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., AZaxon. 
2 Fertile stems 2-3-spicate. 
a Leaves 4-ranked, those of the lower side 
much reduced. 
8. L. complanatum L. Pie oe 
Lycopodium complanatum L. |. c. 1104. Eaton, 
‘lc. 697. Onderw. in Ill. Fl. 1: 43; Nat. Ferns 
135; in Britt. Man. 26. Clute, 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 aw]l-shaped leaves) forking above and 
bearing two or more narrow spikes. 
In woods. Autumn. 
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