328 SYSTEMATIC INDEX. 



tilix-mas * : dilatatum : foenisecii. Cystopteris fragilis. Asplenium 

 filix-femina : adianthum nigrum : nita-muraria ; alternifolium : tri- 

 chomanes : septentrionale. Scolopendrium vulgare. Blechnuin bo- 

 reale. Pteris aquilina. AUosorus crispus. Osmunda regalis. 

 OphioglossejB. — Botrychium lunaria t- Ophioglossum vulgatum. 



LYCOPODiACEiE.— Lycopodium alpinum : clavatum: selago. Selaginella 



selaginoides. 



* The history of the Male Fern proves the unjust neglect into which 

 native remedies easily fall. Our early herbalists all extol the root as a 

 medicine which " killeth both the broad and long worms in the body;" 

 and the truth of it begins to be recognized. See Professor Christison in 

 Month. Journ. of Medical Science for July 1853. 



t " It hath beene credibly reported to me, from severall hands, that if a 

 man take an Elder stick, and cut it on both sides, so that he preserve the 

 joynt, and put in his Pocket when he rides a journey, he shall never gall." 

 " And if a Footman take Mugwort and put into his Shoos in the Morning, 

 he may goe forty Miles before Noon and not be weary. I have read that 

 the lesser Moonwort will open Locks and pull oiF the Shooes of the Horses 

 feet that passe over it. I have heard that if Maids will take wilde Tansey, 

 and lay it to soak in Buttermilke for the space of nine dayes, and wash 

 their faces therewith, it will make them look vei-y faire." Coles' Art of 

 Simpling, p. 68. — Master W. Coles rebukes Mr. Culpeper for telhng " my 

 countrymen," " nonsensicall stories of I know not what." (!) 



AGARICUS INVOLUTUS. 



