Manual of British botany, containing the flowering plants and ferns / arranged according to the natural orders by Charles Cardale Babington.

  • Babington, Charles C. (Charles Cardale), 1808-1895.
Date:
1881
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Credit: Manual of British botany, containing the flowering plants and ferns / arranged according to the natural orders by Charles Cardale Babington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. Ltoopo'dium Linn. Club-moss. St. creeping, proitrate. Cap's, in term, spilcss, loith bractlike leaves. Lepidotis Palis. 1. L.. clavdlum (L.); 1. scattered imbricate incurved hair- printed, spiki's stalked 2 or 3 together cyliudricnl, scales ovate- triaugular membranous finely iucise-sen-ate.—i?. B. 224. II. F. 49. N. 353.—St. long. Branches short, ascending. Spikes on long stalks, pale yellow. Scales on the pod. iriegularly disposed in whorls.—Heaths. P. VJI. VIII. CommonCtub-miss. E. S. I. 2. L. annot'inum (L.): 1. loosely scattered lanceolate mucro- nate serrulate, spikes sessile solitary terminal, scales roundish shortly acuminate membranous and jagged—E. B. 1727. N. 3Ul.—St. very long. Branches rather long, erect, each year's growth marked by a constriction. Spikes cylindrical, greenish yellow, not persistent.—Stony mountains. Very rare in Caer- narvon-shire and Cumberland. Common in the Highlands of Scotland. P. VIII. E. S. 3. L. alpinum (L.) ; I. in four rows, imbricate acute keeled entire, spikes .ses.-ile solitary terminal, scales ovate-lanceolate flat, branches erect clustered forked level-topped.—B. B. 234. II. F. ;j3. N. 305.—St. long, prostrata ; also a subterranean rhizome. Fertile branches usually twice dichotomous, each di- visiou ending in a short cylindrical yellowish-green spike rather thicker than the branch.—Stony moors. P. VIII. Savin-leaved Club-moss. E. S. I. 4. L. invnddttim (L.); 1. secund linear subulate, spikes ter- minal se.ssile leafy solitary upon short erect branches.—E. B. 2.3'.). II.F.rA. A^. 3(59.—St. short, prostrate, rooting. Branches few, simple, fertile. Bracts subulai.eyVo/n a dilated base.—ISoggy heath.s. P. VIII. IX. E. S.i. *** St.. dacumhent beloiu, then erect,. Caps, in axils of upper leaves, solilanj. No spikes. L. all alike. Pi,ananthus Palis. 5. L. Selarjo ; I. in eif/lit. rows crowded uniform linoiir- lanc(!olate acuminate, caps, not spiked but iu IIh; axils of the common leaves, st. (.'rectf .rkcd level-to]ipi'd.—E. B. 2.')3. //. F. 54. A'. .■i75.—St. short, erect or sligiifly di'iunibont, densely leafy. No spparate .spikes. At the extnmiity of the stems a few curious vivipai-ous hiids may usually be found : they are wtll illustrated by Mr. Newiruan (p. .■)78). Occasionally tlu! stems in sheltered situations become much lengtiienod.—ileaths, chiefly on moun- tains. P. VI.—VIII. Fir Clulj-moss. E. S. I.