320 EUE-LEAVED MOONWOBT. 



t RUE-LEAVED MOONWOET. 



Genus. — Boteychium. (See page 313). 



Species. — Eutaceum. Barren branch of the frond shortly 

 stalked, situate at the summit of the stipes, deltoid, pinnatipar- 

 tite : piunse linear, three or four pairs, pinnatifid ; ultimate 

 divisions bifid or trifid : the piunse have a median axis of 

 growth, their veins never radiating from the base. 



Botrychium rutaceum, Swartz, Syn. Fil. 171 ; Wilkl. Sjy. PI- 

 V. 62 ; Mart. Fl. Mosc. 183 ; Ledeb. Flor. Ross. xiv. 505 ; 

 Newm. Phytol. v. 129. 

 Bot^-ychium matricarisefolium, Al. Brauii, in Koch, Syn. 2nd 

 edit. p. 972 ; Fries, Summa Veg. Scand. 252 ; Doll, Rhen. 

 Flor. 43. 

 Botrychium lunaria, ^., Sm. E. F. iv. 328. 

 Botrychium matricarifolium. Woods, Tourist's Flora, 426. 

 It seems desirable to exclude the following synonymes, all 

 of which belong to a second species, for a specimen of which I 

 am indebted to Mr. Watson. 



Botrychiiim matricarioides, Willd. Sp. Plant, v. 62 ; " Fries, 

 Summa, 83, Novit. ed. 2, p. 288 ; " Ledeh. Fl. Ross. xiv. 

 505. 

 Botrychium rutaceum, Wahl. Fl. Suec. 681. 

 Botrychium Matricariee, Sprengel, Syst. Veg. iv. 23. 

 Botrychium Rutsefolium, Al. Braun, in Koch, Syn. ed. 2, p. 



972. 

 Botrychium Rutifohum, Woods, Tourist's Flora, 426. 

 Having, through the kindness of Professor Al. Braun, re- 

 ceived authentic German specimens of Botrychium rutaceum, I 

 can with certainty cite that author's synonyme : the only ques- 

 tion that remains open is, whether Willdenow is correct in his 



