418 ORDER 159. FILICE8. 



z Indusium upform, fringed, fixed beneath all around the sorus WOODSIA. 31 



x Indusium ivoodform, fixed by the base and 2 sides CISTOPTERIS. 32 



x Indusinm reniform, opening only toward the margin of the negro. Fin. ..NEPHUOLEPIS nxaKutn. 

 x Indusium round-reniform, fixed in the midst, open all around ASPIDICM. 33 



1. OPHIOGLOSSUM, L. ADDER'S TONGUE. Sporangia roundish, na- 

 ked, opening transversely, arranged in two rows along the margins of the 

 fcrlile, contracted, spike-like frond. Veins reticulated. 



1 O. T ill sat" in L. Root of thick fibre? ; stem simple, bearing 1 oblong-ovate, en- 



tire, smooth frond, 23', with no mid-vein, and a terminal spike, 1 2'. A curious 

 little plant, in low grounds. Vernation straight, as in all this section, not circinate. 



2 O. bulbbsum L. Root a globular corm ; frond ovate to reniform, on the stem close 



to the ground. Wet pine-barrens, N. J.. and S. Often 2 stems from 1 corm. 



2. BOTRYCHIUM, Swart/. MOONWORT. GRAPE FERN. Sporangia 

 subglobous, 1-celled, 2-valved, distinct, coriaceous, smooth, aduate to the 

 compound rachis of a racemous panicle. Valves opening transversely. 



Frond ternately divided, segments palmately veined Nos. 1, 8 



$ Frond pinnately divided, segments pjunately veineC Nos. 35 



1 B. lunarloides Swtz. Scape 8 12', bearing a stalked frond near the base and a 



panicle of numerous little 2-rankcd spikes at the top ; frond in 3 bipinnatifid divi 

 Bions ; segment obliquely lanceolate, crenulate. Shady pasture* and woods. 

 p. (liKKf'ctniii. Frond more numerously dissected, almost tripinnatifid. 



2 B. simplex Hitchcock. Frond simple, or 3-lobed or parted, segm. broad-werige- 



obovate, small, incised or subentire, unequal : spike compound, interrupu-d. final). 

 Dry hills, Vt., Mass. Whole plant 3 fi'. Frond 012", short-stalked, near the base. 



3 B. neglect um Wood. Frond 12'. simply pinnate, with oval or ovate incised pin- 



na?, short-stalked, on upper part of stem, which is 5 8' high. Pan. 12'. X. Jl.. Vt., to 

 Pa. Prof. Porter regards both this and No. 2 as var. of B. matricar'sefolium Bnum 



4 B. lanceolatum Angst. Frond bipinnatifid, closely sessile, triangular in outline 



with lanceolate, incised segments ; panicle 2- or 3-pinnate. N. J., Pa., to L. Snp. (O. B. 

 Wheeler). Certainly distinct from No. 3. 



5 B. Vlrginlcum L. Rattlesnake Fern. Stem 1 2f, with the large (58') tripin.,tri 



angular frond sess. at or above the middle ; ultimate segm. obtuse. 3-5-toothed ; pan. 

 decompound, 3 &, reddish br. A beautiful Fern, in damp woods, not uncora. Jn., Jl. 



3. OSMUNDA, L. FLOWERING FERN. Sporangia globular, half 2- 

 valved, roughened on the surface somewhat in lines, pedicellate and clus- 

 tered on the lower surface of the frond or a portion of it, which is more or 

 less contracted into the form of a panicle. Spores green. Tall, hand- 

 some Ferns. Veins forked, straight. June. 



Frond bipimiate with distinct pinnae, the upper part contracted and fertile No. 1 



Frond pinnate with pinnatifid pinnae, partially or separately fertile Ncs. 2. 8 



1 O. regalis MX. A large and beautiful Fern in meadows and swamps ; fronds 3 4f. 



glabrous, bipinnate, fruiting above in an ample panicle ; pinnae with 6- 9 pairs of 

 distinct, oblong, serrulate, subsessile leaflets ; fruit rust-colored. 



2 O.' clmiamome L. Sterile fronds pinnate, in clumps 3 5f ; pinnw pinuatilh,' w ii.'i 



ovate-oblong, obtuse, entire segments: fertile frond bipinnate, pinnae all contracted, 

 panicled, clothed with r .narnon-colored wool. 



3 O. Claytoiila.ua L. Fronds ample, 3 3f. smooth, pinnate, the pinna: lauce-lineai 



pinnatifid, some of the intermediate ones fertile, contracted and raceme-like. 



4. LYGODIUM, Swartz. CLIMBING FERN. Sporangia sessile, arranged 

 hi 2-ranked spikelets issuing from the margin of the contracted frond, open 



