Lycopodium

[li-ko-po’ ’-de-tan) \7ivkoq, wolf; Ttovg, foot]. Club-mo , witch-meal, wolf’sclaw. The sporules of L. clavatum and other varieties, occurring in the form of a light, fine, yellowish powder, are used as a desiccant and absorbent on moist and excoriated surfaces, and as an inert powder in which to imbed pills to prevent their adhering to each other. 374