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OPHIOGLOS SUM LUS ITANICUM.
F I L 1 C E S . - O p i i i o o i . o s s e ® . Bn, Kaulf., Spvtng. S t a c h y o p t e e i d e s . Willd.
G e n . C h a e . O P H I O G L O S S U M , L hm . Capsula: a a im i„ sp ic am a rtic u la tam , d is tich am <
iia tæ , u n ilo cu la rc s , tra n sv e rs e deh is c en te s , bivalves. W i l ld .
O p h io g l o s s u «! lu n ta n im m ; sp ic a c au lin a su b lo n g e p e d u n c u la ta , fro n d e lan c e o la ta in p e tio lum
a tte n u a ta .
O p h io g lo s sum lu s ita n ic um . L irn i. S p . P L p . 1518. “ B r o t . L u s i t . v. 2 . p . 4 0 1 .” L a m . III.
( . 8 6 4 . / : 3 . T F U U . S p .P l . v . i . p . i , 9 . S w a r tz . S,JH. F il. p . l 6ÿ . S p r e n g . S y s t . V eg e t.
V. A .p . 22.
O p h io g lo s sum an g u s tifo lium m in im um . “ B a r r . rar. 1280. t. 2 5 2 . / 2 .”
H a b . I u L u s ita n ia , C o rs ic a . C irc a N e ap o lim . D . IF . H . F . Ta lb o t. I n a g ro T in g ita n o .
S a lzm a n . I n In s u la M ad c lræ . R e v . R . I . L ow e .
Maiiiv, tuber obloiigus, solitorii.s, fibrosus, fibris ctnssiusculis, simplicibus ramosisque.
Hcndes plerumque dum ex eadem r.dice, unciam vel dues unci.s lougm, laue eokte , vel Ime.ri-l.nceolatie, i„,e-
gcrrimm, virides, enerves, sub lente rellculatm, inferne in stipitem snbmque longum, flexuosum, fl.vum, ad
basin squama membranacea, fusca, lanceolata instructiiin, attenuatæ.
Peduncuhis acl basin frondis insertus, fronde plerumque longior, erectus, teres.
Sfiea parva, linearis, semluneiam longa. e capsulis sex vcl octo, arete conn.tis, fla.is, composita.
Semina minuta, flava.
rig . 1. Plantoe:—«a çn. »ai. f. 2 . Spica. f. 3 . Semina:-!»og.i. auct.
A small, a n d wc believe v e ry d is tin c t spe c ie s, w h ic h was su p p o s e d fo r a lo n g tim e to h e a n in h a b
ita n t o f S p am on ly . W e have la te ly re c e iv ed sp e c im en s from N a p le s (th e sm id lc r sp e c im en h e re
fig u red ), g a th e re d n e a r th a t c ity by M r. T a lb o t t a n d from T a iig ic rs (th e la rg e r sp e c im en re p re s en ted ),
co lle c ted b y M. S a lzm an . S in c e o n r fig u re was en g rav ed , wc h av e re c e ived ex c e lle n t spe c imens
from th e Rev. R . T . Lowe , g a th e r e d in th e Is la n d o f M ad e ira .