62 Ophioglossum bidbosum. 



cle varying in length from one to three inches. Grows « in low sandy 

 grounds from New Jersey to Carolina." Pursh. Flowering time May. 



This and the vulgatum already described are the only species of the 

 genus Ophioglossum in our country. They are both rare and retired 

 plants. 



Fig. 2. represents the plant, of its natural size. 



