~GRYPTOGAMIA., FILICES. Osmunda. 
FTLICES. 
OPHIOGLOS’SUM. Capsules numerous, nearly 
globular, without an elastic ring ; united by 
a membrane into a 2-rowed spike ; opening 
crosswise when ripe: seeds numerous, minute. 
O. Leaf egg-shaped, veinless, bearing the spike. E. Zot. _ 
Dicks. b. s—-E. bot. 108-Sheldr. 28-Fl. dan. 147-Fuchs, 
577-Lonic. i. 103-F. B. ii. 708. 2~Trag. 323-Kaniph. 
6—Cam. epit. 364—Park. 506-Gars. 425—Tourn. 325. 1— 
Bolt. 3—Blackw. 416. 1 and 2-H, ox. xiv. 5, row 3. 1— 
Barr. 252. 1—Matth. 594-Ger. 327-Dod. 139. 1—Lob. 
obs. 471. 1; ic. 1.808. 9—Ger. em. 404. 1—Fructificationy 
Hedwig. Th. 4. 20, 21, 22, 23. 
Stem solitary. Leaf egg-spear-sha embracing the fruit- 
ag’ Maes oe Eid a 6 when ie brown. 
r.Woopw. Leaf pixma cari lobed with small appen- 
dages on one or both sides 
Common Adders-tongue. Moist cold meadows and pastures. 
 escigaer and sides of rivulets in the north of Yorkshire. 
Curr. [Love Lane, near Derby. Mr. Wuatetey. Near 
Biyt mhill, Staffordshire. Mr. Dickenson. Beddington, near 
Bungay, ‘Suffolk. Mr. Stone. Near Meltingham Castle, Suf- 
folk, frequent. Mr. Woopwarp. Broadmoor, near ee 
ham - P. May, June. 
2, many-spiked. Fruit-stalk divided at the top, each 
sion supporting a si Bor. and the spike itself sometimes 
dividing into 2 or 3. 
Blackw. 416. 3=—Bolt, 1. 1-Lob. ic. i. 809. 1-Ger. em. 404, 
9-H. ox. xiv. 5, row 3. f. 2-H. ox. ib. fi 35 4, 5, E~ 
Cam. epit. 364—Park. 506, the lesser figures. 
OSMUN’DA. Spike branched : Capsules distinct, 
sitting, globular, 2 2-valved : without an elas- 
tic ring ; opening either vertically or hori-. 
zontally. 
vulga’tum. 
(1) Frut-stalks distinct, rising from the stem at the base 
he leaf 
Q. Stalk solitary ; bunch lateral ; leaf winged, solitary. 
Luna‘ria, 
