Portion of barren Frond. 



OPHIOGLOSSUM YULGATUM. 



LiNNJEus. Bolton. Smith. Hooker and Arnott. 



Babington. Newman. Deakin. Sowerby. 



Moore. Schkuhr. 



PLATE LXV. 



VOL. VII. 



Ophioglossum ovatum, 

 " RieJdii, 



, " unifolium, 



Salisbuey. 



AUSTEIAX GaEDENS. 

 G-ILIBEET. 



Ophioglossum — Adder's-tongue. 



Vulgatum — Common. 



The Common Adder's-tongue is a native of Great Britain, 

 being found in tolerable abundance in many localities. In 

 Nottinghamshire it is very abundant in fields at Highfield 

 House, Stanton-on-the-Wolds, and at Clifton^ growing on moist 

 loamy ground, on meadow land, and on higher and drier 

 ground, where there is very strong loam or clay. Mr. Moore 

 remarks that it is less common in AVales, Scotland, and Ireland. 

 It is found in Orkney, Shetland, throughout Europe — from 

 Russia to Tuscany; in Siberia and North America. 



The fertile and sterile fronds diiferent, but upon the same 



