.">10 1'LA:^T Lll'K OF ALAliA.MA. 



Subkingdom PTERIDOPHYTA. Fernlike plants. 



Order Fl LI GALES. Ferns j^roper. 



OPHIOGLOSSACEAE. Adders-tongue Family. 



OPHIOGLOSSUM L. Sp. I'l. 2:l()(ili. 17."):{. Ai>i)Kit'8-T()NGUK. 



Alioiit twenty-live species, mostly of" teinperatt^ zones. 



Ophioglossum crotalophoroides Walt. 1"1. C^ar. 2.")6. 1788. 



BuLBors-uooiKM Ai)1)Kk"s-t<)X<;uk. 



()p]iiooloi>sinn hidbofium Miclix. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:276. 1803. 



<). rulnalnm var. vrotnloplioio'uhs Eaton, in Ciiap. l''l. .o9'J. 18(J0. 



Eaton, Fei-ns N. A. 2 : 2(35, t. So, f. o-7. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 5(J8. Uu«ler- 

 wood, Native Ferns, 128. 



Sot'Tii America. Ciiii.e. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. South Carolina to Florida and Texas. 



Ai.ai'.ama: Mountain region, Coast i)lain. Exposed grassy banks. Leo County, 

 Auburn, 81)0 feet (Underivood iS' I'-urlc); ML'taniorphic bills. Mobile County, sandy 

 borders of lields, pastures. March; not rare in tbe Coast i)laiu. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ophioglossum pusillum Nutt. Gen. 2 :248. 1818. Dwari' AuDER's-ToxtiUK. 



<)l)Mo(ilos!mm imdicunlc Sturm in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 23:144. 1884. In pai-t. 

 Not L. f. 



0. tenernm Mett. fide Prantl in Mart. 1. c. 322, t. S, f. 23. 1884. 



0. vnlgatumxar. niidicaule, Eaton in Chap. Fl. 599. 1860. 



Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 637. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 2:267, t. SI, /. -L Underwood, Native 

 Ferns, 129. 



CiBA, Mexico to Brazil. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi and Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Low grassj^ banks in sandy soil. Mobile County, Decem- 

 ber, 1860. N ery scarce. 



Type locality: " Hab. On the margins of ponds, in South Carolina." 



BOTRYCHIUM Sw. Schrad. Journ. Bot. 2 : 8. 1800. Grape Ferx. 



Thirty species, temperate regions. North America, 15 species. 



Botrychium obliquum Milde, Mon. Botrych. Nov. Acta. Leop. Car. 20:109. 1858. 



OnLiciUE Grape Ferx. 



Botrychium Urnafmn obliquum Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 5 : 63. 1810. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 691. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 150. 



Mexico. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia and Ontario, west to the liocky 

 Mountains; New England south to New Jersey, Florida, Ijouisiaua, 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, jj^ 31. 1896. 



Omnunda hiternoia Lam. Encycl. 4:650. 1797. 



Botnjpux lunaroiden Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:274. 1803. 



Bolrtjchium htnaroides Sw. Syn. Fil. 172. 1806. Not Gray, Man., etc. 



n. ternatum var. lunaroidts D. C. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 148, t. 20, f. 3. 1879. 



Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1. c. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Grassy banks and declivities. Mobile County. March; 

 not fre<iuent. 



Type locality : " M. Michaut a decouvert cette espece dans la Caroline m6ridionale." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



