Alpine Flora of the Canadian 

 Rocky Mountains 



OPHIOGLOSSACE^E 

 Adder' s-Tongue Family 



More or less succulent fern-like plants, 

 consisting of a stem and leaf growing from 

 a fleshy root. Sporophyll in the form of a 

 spike or panicle. 



Botrychium 2 ~ 12 ^ches high. 



lunaria (L.) Leaf usually sessile, borne at or 



Sw. above the middle of the stem, 



Moon-won. pinnate with 2 _ 8 pairs of moon . 



like or fan-shaped lobes which vary from cre- 

 nate to entire and either close and folded 

 together or distant; spore-bearing portion 



