ifn! CRYPTOGAMAF. VASCII.ARES MGUSTICAK F.'IC. 



Old. IV. FILICES. 



\j. (leii. |). \S'\. excl. Gen. Kmu.. (jcii. p. 58. — FUicales Lindi.. \\\r ^ rj;. 

 Kiiii^d. j>. 74- ~ Stachyoptevidum \vax's, et Filicex Ww.x.vy. Sp. ,5. 



Sporangia gregaria ( .sporothccia , ,snri ) dorso, \cl rarissinic iilriipit- 

 folioruin ( froniiiinn ) pagiiiac inscrla, inloidnni scciis <().slani mediani 

 rrondiuin, lamina aboi'liente, in spicani simplicciu , cimiposilamvo dispo- 

 sila , iiniloculai'ia , sa(M)lu.s anulo olasticc dissilicnlc cincla, ni'diccUata , 

 aiil scssilia , sporis minicrosis , lilx'ris rcplcla , luitia , aiil iinoliicro incni- 

 liianacco, scarioso ( indusio ) U'cla. Anlhciidia in siipi'ificic jirolliallii sila. 



I'lantae herbaceac, rhizoniate repento, rarius (in rogionibiis Iropii-is) 

 liiinco arlioiT.sc'cnlp erccio, frondihns nlplnrininni caospilosi.s, siniplicibus , 

 vi-l raniosis, conlorniibns, anl diliiirniiljiis |)vacdiuu' : Icncslfes, saxicolac, 

 arboricolae , in locis nmbrosis |)ra('soi"lini lial)itanles. 



Till). I ' 0PHI0GL{)SSACI':AE. 



l.iNDi.. i. I', p. '^y. — Ophioglosseiie R. Bn. I'rotlr. p. i(x}. liMii,. (jrn. i. 

 p. (Jii. Koch Syn. cd. a." p. 973. — Stacliyoptcridcs Wii.i.i>. Sp. ,'>. introd. 

 p. \ I et 45 ex |)arte. 



Sporangia globosa, coriaeea, opaca, exannlala, c\pnula, unilorularia, 

 rcgularilei- bi\alvia, margini frondi.s eonlradae, ac ad eostani luediam 

 I'i'duclae inserta, sessilia, spiram simplircni , ramosamve referenlia : ver- 

 natio hand rircinalis. 



Sublrib. I.' OPHIOGLOSSKAE 

 Vncl. excl. gen. 



Sporangia subovata in spicani siinplicem secundani dislichc disposita 

 lateribns snis connala, lrans^^rso bi^alvia : .sporac gloljosac , reniforines, 

 niurirulalae. 



Frondes sleriles siin|)lices, nerviUis anastoinosantibns areolalae; iVoii- 

 des IVrtiles iinmaturae nodoso-artirulatac, nialurae emarginato-denlatae. 



I. OPIIIOGLOSSUM. 



L. (ien. n. 1 1 ■j i . excl. sp. Endl. Gen. 67 1 . 



Herbac hnniiles loirestres, ericelonim, item humentinni incolac. 



In insuiis prae.<;(rlini Asiac tropicaiis obviae: rarae in Africa an- 



slrali: hand fretpienlcs intra liniitc; zonae lcm])eratae uliivis([ue Icrraiiun 



