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Classis I, Ordo V. 
ORDO V. 
FILICES, LES FOUGERES. 
Farrnkhauter. 
Organa ab aliis antherae ab aliis capfulse dicfla , in 
Filicibus plurimis fola hucufque cognita, funt folliculi 
uniloculares , polline aut pulvere foeti, plerumque 
tranfversim Jjivalves, valvis hinc annulo elafticp Fepe 
junctis, diverfimode aggefti in inferiore frondium pa- 
gina fub membrana involucrante , aut a fronde fegre* 
gati. His in eadem congerie commixta creduntur fexuS 
alterius organa fere conformia , fed nondum fatis ex- 
plorata- In paucis fexus uterque confpicuus; anthene 
nudse aut involucro plures cin&ae , folliculorum inftar 
uniloculares bivalves polliniferie ; germina fimplicia 
aut plura, lingula ftigmate unico inftructa, nuda aut 
involucrata, nunc ab antheris fegregata , nunc eifdem 
juncta in eodem involucro , mutata' in fru&us faepe 
monofpermos. Folia alterna, recentiora ab apice ad 
bafim convoluta. Frondes fimplices aut ramofae , bafi 
Fepiiis fquamofye, herbaceas aut rarius arborefeentes. 
( Cfr Hoffmann Tabula in qua ctvvotttixus Filices 
explicantur prima in Botan. Magazin n» ix* p. 3. 
Tab. r. 
L Folliculi in fpicam diflindtam difpofiti. Cetera 
ignota. 
OPHIOGLOSSUM , T. L. * Ophiogloffe , Langue de ferpent. 
Natterzunge, Spica oblonga lingueeformis compreiTa , utrinque 
ad margines unica ferie multilocularis loculis tranfversim 
dehifcentibus polline foetis , poft' emifium pollen quafi 
utrinque crenata & plurimum veruculofa. OphiogLofils vens 
folium radicale , non convolutum , faepius fmplex & enerve , 
emittens fpicam plerumque fmplicem & pedunculatam. Spuriis 
frondes ramofae pluries pinnatae , recentiores convolutae f Licino 
