Tribe VIII. cJex. XXXVI, XXXVII. 
gashes, opening into as many cells which contain the spores. Thes 
sori have very much the appearance of so many carraway-seeds 
1 Species. 
Tribe VIII. — Ophioglosse^:. 
Gen. XXXVI. Ophioglossum. Frond thick, juicy, simple 
fructification on a flattened spike distinct from the barren frond 
1 Species. 
Gen. XXXVII. Botrychium. Frond thick, juicy, tri-pinnate 
fructification in a large, many-spiked cluster at the end of a Ion; 
erect stalk. 1 Species. 
