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OPHIO 1LOSSACE E to : 



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Stem erect, or pendulous, \\iili a cavity in the middle, instead "f pith, and i« 

 woo I) bundles placed round it in a ring. Below, the Btalks of the leaves and tl 

 become blendea together. Leaves with netted veins Bometimes fork 

 collected into a Bpike formed out "1" the sides of a contracted leaf, 2-valvi I, n ithout 

 trace of an elastic ring. Spon a n sembling line powder. 



These little plants exhibit :i raanif 

 mosses, \\itli which they closely agree in tl 

 of their Bpore-cases; but in the latter the} are axill 

 while in tin- former they are planted on the margin 

 contracted leaf. The curious little genus Phyll 



an imitation among Clubn the habil 



Adders' tongu s. Link finds, in the hollow Btem, wh 



cavity is surrounded I > v w ly bundles, :i structui 



mediate between that of Clubmossi 9 and I lors< tails. 

 Adders' tongues are most abundant in the isl 

 tropical Asia, occurring however in the West] I by 



mi means uncommon in temperate latitudes of both w< 1 

 In the tropical parts of Africa, and in Barbary, thi 

 unknown ; at the Cape of Good Hopi and in Tasmanuia tliey 

 an- uncommon. 



The herbage of the order is mucilaginous, wh< 

 species hav< been employed in broths. Ophioglossum vul- 

 gatum and Lunaria botryoides have been used in 1 

 as vulneraries, but the) seem to possess that quality 

 as the magical virtues once ascribed to them. Helmintho- 



ichysdulcis is regarded in the Moluccas as a Bligl I 

 ent, is used as a pot-herb, and its young sli 

 ians fancy Bi trychium cicutarium to be an alexipharmic. 



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Ophioglossum, .' 

 1 iphioderma, Blum. 

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