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FERNS. 
ate Bryum. Fructifications fubfeffile, fparfed, ca- 
Jvptrx ftriate, hairy upwards. On trees and (tones. 
II. —IV. 
See the remarks in Ferns and Flags. 
CLASS XXIII. 
F I L I C E S. 
FERNS. 
F lowers concealed, fructifications on the 
lower furface of the leaf. 
Rem. The fructification is produced on the (tern 
in Common Adderftongue and Moonwortj and at 
the top of the leaf in Ofmund royal. 
Ophioglossum. Adderftongue. Spike articu- 
late, diftich, joints opening tranfverfely. 
I. OphiGgloffum vul^^atum, L. 1518. Ophioglojfum. 
J- B. 3. 708. R- 128.0. primum feu vulgaitan, B. 354. 
Common Adderfton.2:ue. Leaf ovate. In moift: 
meadows and paftures. 7 /;. V. 
O SMUNDA. Ofmund. Spike branched, fructi- 
fications globofe. 
' I. Ofmunda Lunaria, L. 1519* Lunaria minor. 
Ger. 328. R. 128. L. racemofa minor vel vulgaris. 
B. :?54. Moon wort. Stem fmgle, leaf pinnate. In 
meadows and paftures. V. 
2. Ofmunda regalis, L. 1521. FHix ramofa non den~ 
iata fioi'ida. B. 357. R. 125. Ofmund royal. Wa- 
ter Fern. Flowering Fern. Leaves bipinnate, clufter 
at the top of the leaf. In marfliy places, efpecially 
in the north of England and in Wales. 7 p. VII. VIII. 
3. Ofmunda Spicant* L. 1522. Lonchitis afpera, 
Ger. 978. R. n8. L, afpera minor. B. 359. Rough 
Ofmund 
