. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. ,, Fig. XLVII. 70 LYCOPODIACE^. [ Fig. XLVIII. to those who would place the former genus in this natural order. It is said to havequite the appearance of Plantago pusilla. Accordmg to Ad. Brongniait, the stem of a Lyco-podium is almost identical, anatomically, with the rootof Ferns. In geographical distribution these follow the samelaws as Ferns, being most abundant in hot humidsituations in the tropics, and especially in small they approach the
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. ,, Fig. XLVII. 70 LYCOPODIACE^. [ Fig. XLVIII. to those who would place the former genus in this natural order. It is said to havequite the appearance of Plantago pusilla. Accordmg to Ad. Brongniait, the stem of a Lyco-podium is almost identical, anatomically, with the rootof Ferns. In geographical distribution these follow the samelaws as Ferns, being most abundant in hot humidsituations in the tropics, and especially in small they approach the north they become scarcer ; buteven in the chmate of northern Emope, in Laplanditself, whole tracts are covered with Lycopodiumalpinum and Selaginoides. The powder contained m the spore-cases of Lyco-podium clavatum and Selago is liighly inflammable ;shaken out and collected it is employed under thename of Lycopode, or vegetable Immstone, on the Con-tinent, in the manufacture of fireworks, and in pharaiacyto roll up pills, which when coated ^^ith it may be put into water \\athout beingmoistened. The plant of Lycopodium clavatum has long been used as an emetic, and t
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