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OPHIOGLOSSUM VULGATUM.
LiNNJiUS. B o l to n . S m it h . H o oker a n d A r n o t t .
B a b in g t o n . N ew m a n . D e a k in . S ow e r b y .
AIo o r e . S c h k u h r .
P L A T E l .X V . A. A"OL. VI I .
Ophioglossum ovatum,
riehlii,
" unlfoliiim.
S A L IS B r ilT .
A u s t iu a x G a r d e n s .
G l L IBERT.
Ophioglossum—AddeT’s-tonguc. Vulgatum—Common.
T h e Common A d d e r’s-tongue is a native of Great Britain,
being found in tolerable abundance in many localities. In
Nottingliamshire it is very abundant in fields at Iliglifield
House, Stanton-on-tlie-Wolds, and at Clifton, growing on moist
loamy ground, on meadow land, and on higher and drier
ground, where there is very strong loam or clay. Air. Aloore
remarks that it is less cominoii in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.
I t is found in Orkney, Shetland, throughout E u ro p e—from
Russia to Tuscany; in Siberia and N o rth America.
The fertile and sterile fronds difi'erciit, b u t upon the same