310 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Subkingdom PTERIDOPHYTA. Fernlike plants. 
Order FILICALES. Ferns proper. 
OPHIOGLOSSACEAE. Adder’s-tongue Family. 
OPHIOGLOSSUM L. Sp. Pl. 2:1062. 1753.) ADbpER’s-TONGUE, 
About twenty-five species, mostly of temperate zones, 
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides Walt. I'l. Car, 256, 1788. 
BULBOUS-ROOTED ADDER’S-TONGUE, 
Ophioglossum bulbosum Michx. Fl. Bor, Am, 2: 276. 1808. 
O. vulgatum var. crotalophoroides Eaton, in Chap. F1.599. 1860. 
Eaton, Ferns N. A, 2: 265, ¢, 85, f. 5-7. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:568. Under- 
wood, Native Ferns, 128. 
SouTH AMERICA. CHILE, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Coast plain. [Exposed grassy banks. Lee County, 
Auburn, 860 feet (Underwood § Farle); Metamorphic hills. Mobile County, sandy 
borders of tields, pastures. March; not rare in the Coast plain. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Ophioglossum pusillum Nutt. Gen, 2:248. 1818. DWARF ADDER’S-TONGUE, 
Ophioglossum nudicaule Sturm in Mart. Fl. Bras. fase, 23: 144, 1884. In part, 
Not L. f. 
O. tenerum Mett. fide Prantl in Mart. 1. ¢. 322, 0.8, f.20. 1884. 
O. vulgatum var. nudicaule, Eaton in Chap, F1.599, 1860. 
Chap. Fl. ed. 8, 687, Eaton, Ferns N. A. 2:267, 1.87, f. 4. Underwood, Native 
Ferns, 129. 
Cuba, MEXICO TO BRAZIL. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low grassy banks in sandy soil. Mobile County, Decem- 
ber, 1860. Very scarce. 
Type locality: “ Hab. On the margins of ponds, in South Carolina.” 
BOTRYCHIUM &w.Schrad. Journ. Bot. 2:8. 1800. GrarE FERN. 
Thirty species, temperate regions. North America, 15 species. 
Botrychium obliquum Milde, Mon. Botrych. Nov. Acta. Leop. Car. 20: 109, 1858. 
OBLIQUE GRAPE FERN. 
Botrychium ternatum obliquum Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 5:68. 1810. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 694. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1: 150, 
MEXICO. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia and Ontario, west to the Rocky 
Mountains; New England south to New Jersey, Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Woods and pastures, Cullman 
County, 800 feet shady woods. Mobile County, open pastures. October; not fre- 
quent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Pensylvania.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Botrychium biternatum (Lam.) Underwood, Bot. Gaz. 22: 407, pl. 20. 1896. 
Osmunda biternata Lam. Eneyel. 4:650. 1797. 
Botrypus lunaroides Michx, Fl. Bor. Am, 2: 274. 1803. 
Botrychium lunaroides Sw. Syn. Fil. 172. 1806. Not Gray, Man., etc. 
AK, ternatum var. lunaroides D.C, Eaton, Ferns N. A, 1: 148, 6.20, fo. 1879. 
Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1. ¢. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to llorida. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Grassy banks and declivities. Mobile County. March; 
not frequent. 
Type locality: “M. Michaut a dcécouvert cette espece dans la Caroline méridionale,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
