^52 CRYPTOGAMIA FILICES. 



Many of the ftalks are barren, producing a Icat 

 only without a ipikc. 



Others, fometimes, but very rarely, vary with a 

 double or treble fpikc. 



The common people fometixTics make an ointment 

 of the frefli leaves, and ufc it as a vulnerary to 

 green wounds, which is a very ancient applica- 

 tion, recommended by Maitbiolus, Tragus^ and 

 others. 



OSMUNDA. Gen.pl. 1172. 

 Spica ramofa, frudificationibus globofis. 

 • Scapfs injidentibus cauli ad Bafin frondis. 

 lunaria 1. OSMUNDA fcapo caulino folitario, fronde pin- 

 nata folitaria. Sp. pi, 1519. (Ger, em. 405, /. 2. 

 Blackwell t. 420. Moris, hift.f. 14./. 5./. i, 2, 

 3, 26. Oed.Dan. /. i8, opt) 

 Moon- wort. Anglis. 



In mountainous paftures amongft fine Ihort grafs, 

 but not very common. Sibbald obferved it on 

 ylrdgaihbill^ 10 xhz^orthoi Linlithgow. We 

 iav/ it on dry rocky paftures near Du»do»ald*Sy 

 about two miles from Little-Loch-Broom, on the 

 Weftt-rn coaflof /^<?/}-/6/r^, and on a brae be- 

 tween Great and Little Bree:^e-kiil-, a mile from 

 ralijkar, in the iOe of Skye, &c. n.Y. VI. 

 The root is fibrous, the floral ftalk three or four 

 \ inches high, terminated with a naked, branched 



fpike, the branches leaning one way, to which 

 ^.e affixed two rows of globular capfulcs, green 



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