14 ClassisIjOrdoV. 



radicatur perfiftente fuâ tunicâ veftiente, & fimul fuprà pcr fifTuMnl 

 ( t'crc latcralem ? ) tunicae emittit corpufcula qujedam (quandoquc uni» 

 cum auc duplex ) ligularformia fucco(a pcllucida , apice viridula , 

 primo brcvia indivifa, dcin loiigiora ramola, intcr qux Icnslm cmiiicc 

 nova plantula , nallufqae praîtercà cotylédon exhibetur. An autcm cor- 

 purcuJa pro coiylcdonibus habcnda ; an indc potius Mufci vciè aco- 

 tyledoncs ; an lediiis monocoryledoncs , indicantc gcrminatione fcrè 

 latcrali î Nodum folvenc allidui gcrminationis hujus inquilîcorcs. 



Doncc de parcium naturà & gcnciibus indè deduccndis & fpccicbus 

 ad «encra compellcndis conftiteric omnium confcnCu , maneanc in- 

 tcrdum gtnera Linnxana (pccics omnes nunc complcctcntia , & con- 

 ferantur admirtenda tcmporc opportuno zj gcnera Hcdwigii inftitut» 

 xarionc orificii pyxidis nudi auc ciliati ciliis ordine fimplici auc duplici^ 

 derinicis auc indcfînitis , inccgris auc parcitis. 



O R D O V. 



FILICES, LES FOUGERES. 



OrgANA ab aliis anther.-e , ab aliis capfuLx dida, in 

 Filicibus plurimis lola huculque cognita , lunt Foliiculi 

 uniloculares , polline aiit pulvere fœti , plerumque 

 tranfversim bivalves , valvis hiiic annulo elaftico laepè 

 jundis , diverilmodè aggeili in interiore frondium pa- 

 gina liib membranâ involucrante , aut à fronde legre^ 

 gati. His in eâdem congerie commixta creduntur lexûs 

 alterius organa ferè conformia , led nondùm latis ex-» 

 plorata. In paucis lëxus uterque conlpiciuis j anrhers 

 nud^ aut involucro plures cinda: , folliculorum inliac 

 uniloculares bivalves poUiniferx j germina limplicia 

 aut plura, fingula iligmate unico inftruda , nuda auc 

 involucrata , nunc ab antheris Tegregata, nunc eitd^m 

 junda in eodem involucro , niutata in frutlus ixpe 

 monol'permos. Folia alterna , reccntiora ab apice ad 

 balim convoluta. Frondes limplices aut ramola;, ba(i 

 Ixpiùs Iquamoia: , herbaceïE aut rariùs arborefcentes. 



I. Foliiculi in fpicam diilindam dirpofiti. Citera 



OPHIOGLOSSUM, T. L.* Ophh^lcp , Langue Je fcrpent. Spica 

 obloiiga linguacformis comprelia , utrinque ad margines unic^ 



