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BOTR Y CHIUM S IMPLEX.
FILICES.— O p i i i o g l o s s e æ . Br., Kaulf., Spreng. S t a c h y o p t e r i d e s . Willd.
G e n . C h a r . B O T R Y C H I U M , Sw a rtz . C a p su la d is tin c tæ , in sp ic a d is tich a com p o s ita , r e sp e c tu
cu ju s tra n sv e rs im qu o ad in s e rtio n em lo n g itu d in a lite r deh is c en te s . B r .
B o t r y c h iu m simplex-, sc apo u n ifro n d o so , fro n d e te rn a ta p in na tifidave , segm en tis cu n e a to -o b o v a tis
incisis.
B o try c h ium sim p lex . H k c h c . in S i llim a n s J o u m . o f S c . v. 6 . p . 103. (L a tó n ) . E a to n 's M a n u a l
o f B o ta n y , p . 2 3 7 .
H a b . P ro p e De e rfie ld, M a s s a c h u s e tts , A m e ric a S ep te n trio n a li. Toi-rey. I n C an ad a . P u r s h .
(fide spe c im. in H e rb . L am b e rt.)
R a d ix e fibris paucis, simplicibus, brevibus, crassiusculis.
Scapiis unciam ad Res uncias longus, erectus, subteres, basi subbulbosus, infra medium, vel nonnunquam versus
apicem, frondem gerens.
Frons uncialis ad triuncialem, exemplaribus minoribus ternata vel trifida, majoribus pinnatifida, segmentis obovato-
cuneatis, ramis integris, plerumque bifidis vel magis minusve incisis. Rachis compressa, lata.
Spica composita, pinnata, pedunculata, pedúnculo magis minusve elongate, pinnis distichis vel subsecundis.
Capsidæ secunda?, rotundatæ, compressa?, bifidoe, fere bipartita, flavo-fuscæ.
Semina sphærica, parva, pellucida, flava.
Fig. 1. Capsulæ. f. 2, Semina.
B o ir y c /iium s im p le x se ems to be a p la n t liable to m u c h v a ria tio n in re g a rd to siz e . T h e sma lle r
sp e c im en h e re figured, w h ich we re c e iv ed from o u r z e a lo u s frie n d D r. T o r r e y , se ems to b e th e s ta te
w h ich gave ris e to th e specific n am e a n d c h a ra c te r in S illim a ii’s J o u r n a l b u t wc h av e re c e ived a
p la n t th ro u g h th e k in d n e s s o f M r . L am b e rt, g a th e re d b y P u r s h in C an ad a , w h ich we c a n b y n o
m e an s d is tin g u ish from th a t j u s t m e n tio n e d , e x c e p t th a t i t is twice th e siz e , h a s th e fro n d decidedly
p in n a tifid , a n d th e s e gm e n ts m u c h c u t. T h is is th e la rg e r sp e c im en h e re rep re s en ted . B o th va rie
tie s a re a b u n d a n tly d is tin g u ish e d from an y species w ith w h ich we a re a cq ua inted.
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