32S CRYPTOGAMIA— FILICES. Botrychium. 



machia, or Loosestrife. De Theis gives it as one of the appel- 

 lations of Thor 3 but he was the god of war. I have presumed/ 

 from Gerarde's account, that it might, like many other names 

 of plants, commemorate some particular person, but this is 

 mere conjecture. 

 Dr. Hooker justly celebrates the beauty of this Fern. Its reputed 

 " strengthening and healing" virtues are very problematical. 



475. BOTRYCHIUM. Moonwort. 



Siv,Syn.Fil.8. Willd. Sp. Pl.v.5. 6\. Br. Prodr. ]64. 



Nat. Ord, see n. 474<. 



Caps, distinct, sessile, on the upper side of a branched 

 common stalk, naked, nearly globular, even, without 

 any protuberance or ring, of 1 cell, and 2 equal, hemi- 

 spherical valves, bursting transversely. Cover none. 

 Seeds numerous, very minute. 



Root branching. Frotid solitary, smooth, consisting of a 

 more or less compound leaf] or leaves, and a compound 

 spike of capsides, 



1. B. Lunaria. Common Moonwort. 



Leaf solitary, pinnate; leaflets fan-shaped, notched. 



B. Lunaria. Sw. Sijn. Fit 171. Willd. Sp. PL r. 5. 6 1 . Comp. ed. 4. 



171. Hook.LomLt.66. ScoLp.2. 158. 

 Osmunda Lunaria. Lin7i. Sp. PL 1519. FL Br. 1 107. EngL Bat, 



v.5.t.3\S. Bolt.FiLA.t.A. FL Dan. t. \S.f. \. Lajn.L865, 



f. 1. Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc.5. 17. [Ehrh. Crypt. 181. 

 O. n. 1686. HalLHist.v.3.6. 

 O. foliis lunatis. Garid. 345. t. 78. 

 Lunaria minor, kaii Syn. ] 28. Gcr.Em.405.f. Matth. Valgr. 



15.2.254./. Camer.EpiL643.f. Fuchs. HisL 482. f. ic. 273./. 



Moris. V. 3. 594. tect. 14. t. 5./. 1 . Gesn, de Lunariisy 55. 

 L. Botrytis. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. 710./ 

 Epimedium Dioscoridis. Column. Phytoh. 80. ^ 8 1 . 

 /3. Lunaria minor ramosa. BaiiSyn. 129. 

 L. botrytis minor, multifolia. Bauh. Hist. r. 3. 71 1./ 

 L. rarior species. Camer. Epit.644.f. 

 y. L. racemosa minor, adianti folio. Breyn. Cent. t. 93. Moris. 



t\3. 593. sect. 14. t.5.f.2. 

 S. L. minor, foliis dissectis. Raii Syn. 129. 

 L. racemosa minor, matricarise folio. Breyn. Cent. t. 94. Moris. 



v.3.594.sect.\4.LD.f.3. 

 Botrychium rutaceum. Sw. Syn. Fit. 171 . Willd. Sp. PL v. 5. 62. 



In mountainous pastures or meadows. 



