TAB. LXXX. 



OPHIOGLOSSUM 



USITANICUM. 



FILICES. 



Ophioglosse*. Br., Kaulf., Spreng. Stachyopterides. Willd. 



Gen. Char. 



OPHIOGLOSSUM, Linn. 



Capsula nudae in spicam articulatam, disticham con- 



natae, uniloculares, transverse dehiscentes, bivalves. Willd. 



I 



Ophioglossum lusitanicum 



spica caulina sublonge pedunculata, fronde lanceolata in petiolum 



attenuata. 



» 



Ophioglossum lusitanicum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1518. "Brot. Lusit. v. 2. p. 401." Lam. Ill 



■ 



t. 864. f. 3. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 59. Sivartz. Syn. Fil. p. 169. Spreng. Syst. Veget, 



v.4.p.22. 



Ophioglossum angustifolium minimum. (i Barr. rar. 1280. t.lbl.f. 2." 



)rsica. Circa Neapolim. D. W. H. F. Talbot. 



H 



In Lusitania. C 



Salzman. In Insula Madeirae. Rev. R. 2 . Lowe. 



In agro Ting 



Radix, tuber oblongus, solitarius, fibrosus, fibris crassiusculis, simplicibus ramosisque. 



Frondes plerumque duae ex eadem radice, unciam vel duas uncias longae, lanceolatae, vel lineari-lan ceolatae, inte- 



& 



virides, enerves, sub lente reticulatae, inferne in stipitem subaeq 



gum, flexuosum, flavum, ad 



basin squama membranacea, fusca, lanceolata instructum, attenuatae. 

 Pcduncidus ad basin frondis insertus, fronde plerumque longior, erectus, teres. 

 Spica par^ r a, linearis, semiunciam longa, e capsulis sex vel octo, arcte connatis, flavis, composita 

 Semina minuta, flava. 

 Fig. 1. Plantse: — magn. nat. f. 2. Spica. f. 3. Semina: — magn. auct. 



A small,, and we believe very distinct species, which was supposed for a long time to be an inha 

 bitant of Spain only. We have lately received specimens from Naples (the smaller specimen hen 

 figured), gathered near that city by Mr. Talbot ; and fromTangiers (the larger specimen represented) 



ollected by M. Salzman 



S 



fig 



was 



graved, we have received excellent specimens 



from the Rev. R. T. Lowe, gathered in the Island of Madeira 







