OPHIOGLOSSE/E 23^ 



Ordo CXCV. 



OPHIOGLOSSE^ 



( R. Br: prodr: ed: i. p. i63. ed: 2. p. 19. = 

 Spr: syst: IV. p. 4« = Bartl: ord: nat: p. 19. = 

 Hachjopteridearum pars W. sp: V. p. XXXXV.). 



Char'. essentialis. 



)) Capsuloe uniloculares basl adnatae sub - globosae 

 i) coriacese axannulatse, interdum connatse , semi-2- 

 )> valves ab apice debiscentes. )> 



Ohs: Parvus ordo naturalissimus , constans 3. ge- 

 neribus satis apte determinatis , herbaceis perennan- 

 tibus, frondibus integris vel varie sectis, inferioribus 

 sterilibus superioribus in fructus abeuntibus sc: fron- 

 dium lamina ipsa in capsulas prorsus mutata. 



I. Ophioglossum Lin: gen: ed: Scbreb: n. 1621. excl: paucis 

 stirpib: = Spr: syst: n. 32 18. = Lam: ill: t. 864- 



)) Capsulce in splcam articulatam disticbam connatse 

 » transverse debiscentes. )) 



Ohs: Genus constans ex Spr: 12. stirpibus , inter 

 quas 2. tantum europsese ; plantulae fronde foliacea 

 solitaria plus minus late lauceolata varie reticulata , 

 fructifera caulina varle inserta , vel radicali (i). 



(i) Frons fructifera dicitur caulina quando a latere plantae extra 

 terram exsurgit pedunculi ad instar apice spicam gerens , sed reapse 

 pedunculus hic est verus frondis petiolus spica autera lamina con- 

 tracta ; radicalis vel scapigera appellatur quum directe e radice 

 exsurgit. 



