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C.E.Faxon.del - Ann9tron4&.Co Lith Boston.
5-7 .0PHIOGLOS SUM CROTALOPHOROIDES. Walter.
s - loOPHIOGLOS SUM NUDICAULE. L.fil. i-4 OPHIOGLO S SUM VULGATUM, L.
11 -140PHI0GL0S SUM PA LM A TUM , P lum ie r .
P l .a te LX X X I .— F ig . 1 - 4 .
OPHIOGLOSSUM VU LG A TUM , L i n n æ u s .
Common A d d e r ’s-tongue.
Oph io g i.o s su m VULGATUM:— R o ot-Stock slend er, e r e c t ;
fronds m o s t ly so lita ry , two to tw e lv e in ch e s h ig h ; s te r ile s e g ments
fle sh y, s e s s ile near the mid dle o f the p la n t ; o v ate or
elliptica l, one to three inch es lo n g ; mid ve in in d istin c t or none,
the v e in s fo rm in g la rg e areole s en c lo sin g sm a lle r ones and
a few free v e in le t s ; fe r tile sp ik e an inch lo n g o r more, apic-
ulate, comm on ly long -stalk ed and o v e r to p p in g the ste rile
s egment.
Ophioglossim viilgahim, L in n æ ü s , Sp. PL, p. 5 18 .— M ic iiao .'i , F l . Bor.-
Am., if, p. 2 7 5 .— S w a r t z , Syn. Fil., p. i6 g .— S c h k o h e , Krypt.
Gew., p. 155. t. 1 5 3 .— WiLi.uEN ow, Sp. Pl., V., p. 5 8 .— PoRsn,
Fl. Am. Sept., if, p. 655.—T o e r e v , Fl. New York, 11., p. 505.__
P r e s l , Suppl., p. 4 9 ,— G r a y , Manual, ed. i., p. 636; ed. if , p.
602, t. xiii.—N ew m an , Hist. Brit. Ferns, ed. ill., p. 326.— M o o r e ,
Nat. Pr. Brit. Ferns, t. li., B.— H o o k e r , Brit. Ferns, t. 46
(excl. var.).—M il d e , Fil. Eur. et Atl., p. 188.—W il l iam so n ,
Ferns of Kentucky, p. 148, t. lix.; P'ern Etchings, t. Ixv., A.
Hab.—Commonest in low meadows, but sometimes on dry hillsides;
Canada and New Fngland to Texas and Arizona. Also in Unalaska,
Europe, Western Asia, Madeira and the Azores.
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