O smu n d a S p i c a n t . R ough Sp l e e nw o r t .
OSMUNDA Linmei Gen. PI. C r y p t o g a m i a F i l i c e s .
Spica ramofa: Fruótific. globofis.
Raii Syn.Gen. 4. H e r b j e c a p i l l a r e s é t a f f in e s .
OSMUNDA Spicant frondibus Ianceolatis Dinnatifidic • n u •
^ n n e e i S y f t .V e g e t a l .p ^ X ^ n t . ^ T / t “ ? r 93SegemmiSparalldis
STRUTHIOPTERIS Haller hijl. n. 1687.
STRUTHIOPTERIS Spicant. Scopoli Flor. Carniol. n. 1258.
STRUTHIOPTERIS frondibus fterilibus pinnatifidis, pinnulis denfis, oblongis falcatts • fmaifican
t.bus majonbus, faxius pmnatis, anguftioribus. H & CryjUog.’/ 287.
SPICANT Tragi et Germanorum.
LONCHITIS afpera minor. Bauhin Pin. 35g. Parkin/m 1042. '
LONCHITIS afpera. Gerard mac. m o . Raii Syn. p. u 8. . Rough Spleenwort, '
Oeder Fl. Dan. ic. gg.
Hudfpn Fl. Angl. 382. ed. 2. p. 450. -
Lightfoot Fl. Scot. p. 634.
FRONDES fteriles plures ex una radice fibrofa, in $
orbeni difpofitæ, femiereéiæ, aut reclinatæ, f
fpithameæ, immo pedis longitudinera æquan- X
tts,PolypodiovulgaribmWts, fimplices nempe f
et pinnatifidæ, pinnis denfis, altérais, lan- t
ceolatis, oblongis, 2 lineas circiter latis, in- I
tegerrimjs, furfura curvisj mediis maximis, f
(unciahbus, fefquiuncialibus) fupernis et in- $
ferais brevioribus, nervolis, margine carti- $
lagmeo, fuberenato, retrorfum flexo.
L E A V E S : feveral barren leaves proceed from oni
fibrous root, orbicularly dfipofed, either half
upright or reclining, from three inches to a
P a /V j Polypody env®izth. ’ A/m° pTlew ahnadt Ipikine ntahtei ficdo:m mthoen
pmqae fet clofely together, alternate, ]an-
ceo ate, oblong, about two lines broad; ner-
fefily entire, bent upwards ; the middle ones
largeft, (even an inch, or an inch and a
Ihlrter l“ U,pper and lower ones
■ 8 H mediUS H fUfds ! STA LK or midrib befe. on its lower part with fmall
$ brown feales. ^ a .i
E medio centra harum frondium furgunt frondes fruc-
tlhcantes alias, etiam pinnatas, at duplo illis
Jongiores, graciliores, atro purpureas, pinnis
laxis alterms lineam latis, mediis quoqüe
iongionbus, fuperioribus et inferioribus fen-
lim decrefcentibus, capfulis refertis.
CAPSULE denle coagmentatas, duas lineas diftinftas
> raargmibus parallelas efFormant, et ab initio
eobris funt lutefeentis, fenfim per maturita-
tem fufci.
Fig. 1, Foliolum feu pinna cum capfulis auH.
Fig. 2, Capfula difrupta, cum annulo.
? 1 he pentr,e op lea.v«s arife other leaves bear-
| ing the fruHifications, which alfo are pin-
I S but twI“ as feng. and more (lender,
I dark purple colour; the pinna; loofely
» ‘ ff- and alternate, a line in breadth,, longefl
! -r h . he ,mlddfe. ‘ he upper and lower ones -
| ' gradually decrealing, filled with capfules.
| CAPSULES clofely croudcd together, forming two
| diltma lines parallel with the edges o f the
leaf, at the beginning of a yellowilh colour,
| becoming brown as they ripen. * 1
| Fig. 1, One o f the fmall leaves, or pinnae, with the
v capiules magnified.
* Fig. 2, A capfule burft open, with its ring.
whomfs^iNN/EUs ” whiled‘others of great'e‘minTnce comeLYfoThs be“ * C° ^ der,'nS § as an Ofmunda, among
are Haller,-S copoli; and Weis. Sreat.emmenee contend for its being a Struthopterisi of the latter opinio®
f X ' e i e ^ T s 1 " m d a ^ ? ^ H * * » * the
The various modes m which the capfules are placed on ’the ulfnt in' r fe,fms to Pervade the whole,
andapnear to form very diHinH and fatisfaCry charaHers1 *^ but when'” ° f ‘ f e 4 “ ^ k in g ly different,
minutely mveftigated, the eharafiers of one a tr'be- th7 comera be more
rharafler is in vain fought for. . rrequently lolt in thofe of another, and a precife generic
In the prefent doubtful cafe, we have adopted the name of L in næ u s ..
a beuer^wef °v M l i l is fo very accurate, that defpafring o f
originality we (hall I j c i f ; « our d l f c r S s ^ b m efl?l|5<h “ aS a P-ced e^ : ffom
that whenever we do, it lhall not be to L -k in g care
the feat of