Flatk XLVIL a. 



THK OBLONG WOODSIA (Woodsia ilvensis), 



WOODSIA, 11 Brown. 



Cluster* of Spore-cases circular, involucrate, medial, springing from the luck of the 

 venules fndusium attached beneath the s]>orccascs (hence involucral), and 

 divided at the margin into numerous capUUuy jointed segments, which are 

 incurved over the spore-casea ftAu disunited at their extremities; venule* 



simple or forked. 



W. ilvmsiS: fronds oblong, lanceolate pinnate, with numerous broadly-subulate 

 chaffy scales beneath ; pinnce oblong, obtuse, deeply pinimtffid. with bluntly 

 ovate, or oblong obtuse lobes ; stijws and rachis chaftY-crinito. 



Wooum iinni-, It 2tr*** t TWicr™, o/rt< jftuM. Sh* S , *l »3 <«cl. *,* Micbw.i>. Smtik KM 

 *W ^3W( ttmata*.' to *V»* *to*v t L M16. /tatfc, Jlmp^U. Britm>*U«, Ef. «. //*>*cc 

 *W wf ntfl. iJn/»* «^ *67. JMfy* 9 J/**™* 0/ Jrttfal /for^y, WO (La pirt). Wr% ; ««, </ 

 Graf /T/r/*« t I*, t 5. AhMMs //W»j 0/ JHtt$k fiw, 7t Jtorc, Jfcaidto* c/ flrWA F™ 04 

 ^rcif^/, SptaM r^iMhim, It, 125. *W, Or*™ JSfepft, 3*9. 



Woontu «»nn, VM AW i> ro rffl/»* fltfnrii; 11 (ucL <ryn-) j according to Kantfe**. 



Wooma RalaM, -Vr*n*M t /AV/oiy ofltrtiUh Anu, 2 cd , HO. 



Woo it a ia atrtMLi, Jkv£ ; according lo Kanxo. 



AcaoaricnvK iiwr, £i«ir«. ( tycciVj J^itartMi, IMS. Jkfcoa. MUn ltrit***k* t t% 1.0, 

 ActtoffiCHty Mahaxtx, JtV«AV t in /avpnVi (btfatwM, ii, 5. 



^.rfj,^^/, Jwnal fir tie Jfetaf*, lftOO,& 27;ty*spn# Ata, 30- S*U*4r. K*wto**mM, 

 Grarirto, I. ID. rPiJI//mr. v ty**rr iV«/*r«», r, lift. /Vr*J, r«/ rf «„i fttfrtftmrife ISO, * 



ToLTMlCllVkl P Mauktj. ifofA, Am tfo™™, B, Oft. 



AttOrUM acrmrixw, &W/.-, ty***™ VSUtm, ft. HWdc*e* t S f «rir* PAw/nmM t r. SS&\ 

 Nr.riiROMttaf BUimfflW; Af*i*u*, M»m J?mufrjMriw»» i<. ftfe 

 AaFUfticrv M*rA*B t FWm( Apf**Jir uJ JYmn tbntom* S. 

 iWiroDivic Aairojtcm, rTttacraa^ 2/r*ri#* i%i*/4 iL 771 (not of Smith). 



I.AftHA ttrmi|rM # Pfwl, Tentomr* FUrMiynptU, 78. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 



YukW Xl-Vll. A.-WfW0MA UTTOU; I, from Wo4morW*Jld ; « 0fam 2, from Form- //„* 



3, «iiltw»l«d f Dr.AHMt. 



ft Omj. 



IIA1UTAT.— Tib b ooc oT ourr»iv.t Fcrap. ( occwmn s ia tho cretKc* or mobt rock*, in liniC^t qiiAntily,MK] in for *ivJ 

 tlHlfltjt Nation*, amwig the mouDtains or S^tknd, W»K and (bo north ,>f Eagtuit! ; nuisin« fit ctoation prol^Hy 

 from 1200 to 2000 frrt. or l!wmt*isi. In SootUnd it Jim Iwii found id tho Clora Uowteiu, ll FortrtJuKv wwl 

 u* lttve boanl it nUo rq*ortcJ from tho vktQjfcj of Stirling; ft Ungaiit rcportoJ from Ben J^iwortj And 3lr. «ra^ 



kMf»roamliM^tli*r^SMiMrit)inliHlicr4m puqwrt (<*1>ito boon gattaud al Pom^ m Momr^irt'. 



t occur* raihor plontiftilty in dcop nrtinc* nrwmg thr> bSlU raiding tlw eouUei of DutnfriM, Pcetlw, and Selkirk. 

 Mr. Otfra And othrn haro rooondy fonnd it in WcftmivUfMl i nnil it i* ivportttl to daw boon found tirtir Uoirno**, 

 in Combcrtuid. Tcofldnlc, in IJnrtiam. b another old loalxt^ in notch It hat proUMy hroc noariy tradioaicA In 

 WflW it is mot trith, rarolv, In too county of Ortomtrron, in too Siwnfon dwtric*. 



OEOORAPmOAX DISimB0TION^Thfafmb»QwrtKi^ tban wUli uk It i. round in 



Iceland. LaplAnd, Xofwajr, S»xd«i t and ltu^a; *h*noc it citend* iMthnard^ U»rou K h l^teirk. C!cn»Aoy f 

 JIongAry. SwttMlin4 ■■»*! F™c<s into Italy and Spain. In A*ia it owtin in Siberia, m tho rogiona of tbo Altai 

 Mountain* and lako Itiiknl, and citcodn lo Kamtchatia and A«nt*oSU Way (//A. //o*lcrj t It ii found ia arctic 

 America, mW Ibc Sa*la!ciia«-an and tho Rocky Monntami in Hi%rth-nr>t America {1th. /jW/oyoml IffiUrr); in 

 rajiaila. and in the United Mate*. 



Caudcx short oblong or aub-globose, forming a small erect or decumbent tufted crown, furnished 

 with a few scales above. ScaUs lanceolate, much acuminated, or subulate, jmlc brown. Ftbrss dark 

 brown, wiry, branched, nlighlly hairy. 



Stipes palo brown with a reihlUh tiilgo. from one to two inches long, articulated above the base, 

 which is terminal and adherent to (he eaudex; erinite as well na the radiis, with numerous pallid 

 subulate scales. 



Vernation circinate, the young fronds becoming bent like a shephenrs crook. 



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