310 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Subkingdom PTERIDOPHYTA. Fernlike plants. 



Order FILJCALES. Ferns proper. 

 OPHIOGLOSSACEAE. Adder' s-tongue Family. 



OPHIOGLOSSUM L. Sp. PL 2 : 1062. 1753. ADDUR'S-TONGUB. 

 About twenty-five species, mostly of temperate zones. 



Ophioglossum crotalophoroides Walt. Fl. Car. 256. 1788. 



BULBOUS-ROOTED ADDER'S-TOXGUE. 



Ophioglossum bulbosum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 276. 1803. 



0. vulgatum var. crotalophoroides Eaton, in Chap. Fl. 599. 1860. 



Eaton, Ferns N. A. 2 : 265, t. So, f. 5-7. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 568. Under- 

 wood, Native Ferns, 128. 



SOUTH AMERICA. CHILE. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region, Coast plain. Exposed grassy banks. Lee County, 

 Auburn, 860 feet ( Underwood <f- Earle) ; Metamorphic hills. Mobile County, sandy 

 borders of fields, pastures. March; not rare in the Coast plain. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ophioglossum pusillum Nutt. Gen. 2:248. 1818. DWARF ADDER'S-TOXGUE. 



Ophioglossum nudicaule Sturm in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 23:144. 1884. In part. 

 Not L. f. 



O. tenerum Mett. fide Prantl in Mart. 1. c. 322, t. 8, f. 23. 1884. 



0. vulgatum var. nudicaule, Eaton in Chap. Fl. 599. 1860. 



Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 637. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 2:267, t. 81, f. 4. Underwood, Native 

 Ferns, 129. 



CUBA, MEXICO TO BRAZIL. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA : Coast plain. Low grassy banks in sandy soil. Mobile County, Decem- 

 ber, 1860. Very scarce. 



Type locality: "Hab. On the margins of ponds, in South Carolina." 



BOTRYCHIUM Sw. Schrad. Journ. Bot. 2 : 8. 1800. GRAPE FERN. 



Thirty species, temperate regions. North America, 15 species. 



Botrychium obliquum Milde, Mon. Botrych. Nov. Acta. Leop. Car. 20 : 109. 1858. 



OBLIQUE GRAPE FERX. 



Botrychixm ternatum obliquum Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 5 : 63. 1810. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 694. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 150. 



MEXICO. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia and Ontario, west to the Rocky 

 Mountains; New England south to New Jersey, Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region to Coast plain. Woods and pastures. Cullman 

 County, 800 feet shady woods. Mobile County, open pastures. October; not fre- 

 quent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Pensylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Botrychium biternatum (Lam.) Underwood, Bot. Gaz. 22 : 407, pi. 21. 1896. 



Osmnnda biternata Lain. Encycl. 4 :650. 1797. 



Botrypm lunaroides Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 274. 1803. 



Botrychium lunaroides Sw. Syn. Fil. 172. 1806. Not Gray, Man., etc. 



7?. ternatum var. lunaroides D. C. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 148, t. 20, f. 3. 1879. 



Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1. c. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida. 



ALABAMA : Coast plain. Grassy banks and declivities. Mobile County. March ; 

 not frequent. 



Type locality : " M. Micbaut a docouvert cette espece dans la Caroline mdridionale." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



