OPHIOGLOSSE^:. 



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So far as we are aware, this species has not hitherto been detected 

 west of the Rocky Mountains, where it is of less frequent occurrence 



than the following. 



2. BOTRYCHIUM VlEGINICtnf, StD. 



Botrychmm Virginicnm, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 171; Willd. Spec. PI. 5, p. 64; Hook. 

 Bot. Misc. 3, p. 223 ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2, p. 263. 



Hab. Oregon; on the Mount Rainier range: in meadow lands; 

 frequent. 



The Oregon plant does not differ in any way from specimens col- 

 lected in Maryland and Virginia. 



3. BOTRYCHIUM AUSTRALE, R. Br. 



Botrycliiwm australe, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 164; Hook. Bot. Misc. 3, p. 

 223 ; A. Cunn. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2, p. 361. 



Hab. Wangarara Bay, Northern Island, New Zealand : in meadow 

 lands. 



Sir William Hooker justly observes, that "this comes very near to 

 the preceding in size, habit, and other characters." But we would 

 remark that, in the New Zealand plant, the scape bears the frond 

 close to its base ; whereas, in B. Virginicum, it is borne a little above 

 the middle of the scape. 



4. Botrychium subbifoliatum, Sp. Nov. (Tab. 44.) 



B. frondibus sterilibus hinis rariusve solitariis e stipite com muni tripol- 

 licarl lato-ovatis basi cordatls ternatis, division ibus petiolatis bipinnati- 

 fidis, segmentis ovatis obtnsis dentatis; spica bi-tripinnata. 



Hab. Hawaii and Maui, Sandwich Islands : in shady places. 



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