^48 75. BOTRYCHIUM, 



when fully developed ; panick close, 1-2 in. 1., lanceolate-deltoid, bipinnate.— 

 Hk. Br. F. t.4S. 



Hab. Arctic Europe and Iceland to Spain, Italy, Karaechalka, and the Himalayas ; 

 Sonth Australia, Tasmania, Patagonia, N. W. America, Greenland, Newfoundland, 

 Canada, 



4. SiJf^^^^Si^ ^^' ' *'■ ^'^ ^°' '■ ' J'^*"^* °f ^^^ sterile segm. 2-4 in. 1., the 

 latterS^STlfreach way, deltoid, tri- or quadripiniiatifid ; lower ^Jramce much Jhe 

 largest, and pinnl. of the lower side larger than the .others, oblong or subdeltoid, 

 stalked, the ult. divisions oblong or obovate,' often J in. br., blunt or acute, 

 slightly toothed ; fefUle peduncle 6-9 in. 1., considerably overtopping the sterile 

 segm. ; panicle 1-6 in. 1., deltoid, very compound.: — Kunze, t. 121. Osmunda, 

 Thbg.Fl.Jap.f.Z2.- 



Hab. Nootka and Hudson's Bay territory southward to New Granada, Australia, 

 Tasmania, New Zealand, Lapland, to Siberia, Japan, Pyrenees, and Hungary. — Of this 

 the European B. matricanoides, Willd. (B, rutcefQlium, A.' Br. & Koch), and the American 

 B. hmcmoides, Sw. (A. Gray, Man. t. 13), appear to be smaller, and the Australian 

 B.eSUsli^aU, E. Br., and the American B. oSKjmjbji, -Muhl, and 5. decomposif«Mra; M. &G., 

 larger and more divided forms. B. silaifolium,' Fresl, seems also to belong here. B. dia- 

 aectvm, Muhl, is a curious form or variety, thinner in texture than the type, with thd 

 ultimate divisions acute -and sharply inciso-serrate, which occurs both in the United 

 States and New Zealand. 



** Texture thinner. Sp. 6-C. 



6. B. daucifolium, Wall. ; st. stout, 6-12 in. 1. ; petiole of sterile segm. 1-6 in. 1., 

 the latter 6-12 in. each way, deltoid, tripinnatifid or tripinnate, the lower /u'wce 

 much the largest; segm. lanceolate-oblong, ^f in. br., finely toothed,; /e?^i7a 

 peduncle about equalling the sterile segm. when mature; panicle 2-4 in.- 1., 

 tripinnate, not very close. — Hh. & Gr.t. 161. B. subcarnosum, Wall. Moor^, 

 Beddome, t. 78. B. subbifoliatum, Brack, t. 44. 



Hab. Himalayas, Neilgherries, Ceylon, Japan, Java, Sandwich and Society Isles. — 

 Distinguished from the next by its much leas finely-cut fronds and stalked sterile seg- 

 ment. The Polynesian 'and Japanese specimens are forked considerably lower down 

 than the Indian ones, and Erackenridge's plate represents a pair of barren segments to 

 the stem. 



6^ B. virginianum, Sw. ; St. 3-18 in. I. ; sterile segm. sessile, 4-12 in. each way, 

 deltoid, quadripinnatifid ; lower pinnce much the largest ; pinnl, ovate-oblong, 

 cte^e, cut down to a broadly- winged, rachis into finely cut Unear-oblong segm. ; 

 both sides naked ; fertile pedwncle equalling or overtopping the sterile segm. 

 when mature, arising from its base ; panicle 1-4 in. 1., lax, oblong, geherally not 

 more than bipinnate. — H[k. O. F. t. 29. B. cicutarium, Sw. B, anthemoides, 

 Presl. B. brachystachys, Kne. B. lanuginosum, BJc. & Gr. t. 79. — ^, B. 

 lanuginosum, Wall. ; surface slightly hairy, fertile peduncle arising from the 

 centre of the sterile segm., which the panicle scarcely overtops. — Beddome, t. 77. 



Hab. Oregon and North United States to Ecuador and Brazil ; Norway to Austria, 

 the Himalayas, and Tsus-Sima ; /3, Himalayas (up to 6,000 ft.), Neilgherries, Ceylon. — 

 ' The leaf in cutting resembles that of Anth/riacua sylvestria. 



