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ton,) is scarcely more than two inches high, including the 
raceme; the frond is spreading and ternate: the pinnules not 
numerous, decidedly flabelliform, approaching to lunulate, 
much and deeply crenato-dentate. We restore the old name 
of lunarioides, as being most appropriate, - 
5. B. obliquum. 
Scapo subradicali elongato fronde subduplo longiore, 
fronde subtriangulari bi-tripinnata, pinnulis inciso-serratis. 
Muhl. in. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 63.—B. lunarioides, ScAkukr. 
Fil, t. 157. (parva).—B. cuneatum, Desv. Prod. Fil. p. 195. 
Has. Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg. Schweinitz. South 
Carolina, Elliott. Mississippi, Teinturier. Cerro Colorado, 
Mexico, Chamisso.—The composition ofthe frond is very simi- 
lar to that of B. matricarioides, but it differs in the larger, more 
decidedly ovate, or oblongo-ovate pinnules, which are also 
of a more delicate texture. This appears to be a native of 
the more southern parts of North America, our most 
northern specimens being from Pennsylvania, the country 
where Muhlenberg first discovered it. 
6. B. ternatum. Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 172.—Osmunda ternata. 
Thunb. Fi. Jap. p. 329. t. 32. 
Has. Japan, Thunberg. 
7. B. subcarnosum. 
Scapo subradicali, fronde subternata bipinnata, pinnis elon- 
gatis foliolis ovatis obtusis inciso-crenatis subcarnosis, race- 
mis decompositis.— Wall. Cat. No. 49. 
Has. Nepal, Dr. Wallich.—This is very nearly indeed 
allied to some specimens in our possession of B. obliquum, 
having more than usually divided fronds. It differs, how- 
ever, in its much larger size—a foot to a foot and a half in 
height—its longer pinne, and more ample fructification. 
Again, it agrees so well with the B. ternatum of Swartz, that. 
it may possibly be identical. — 
8. B. dissectum. Muhl.—Spr. Anl. ı v. 3. P. hip lo. 
v. 4. p. 23. 
Has. Pennsylvania and Florida, Mudlenberg. — Thisappears 
