174 Mr. Brown on Woodsia, a new Genus of Ferns. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XI. 
_ 1. A native specimen of Woodsia hyperlorea, natural size. 
2. The stipes and lower part of the frond of the same plant, 
magnified 3 times in diameter. 
2 pinna of the same plant, magnified 10 diam. . 
4, A pinna from another specimen, in which the clusters of 
capsules (sori) are more numerous and confluent, 10 
diam. 
5. A single cluster of capsules within their involucran, the 
membranaceous base of which they entirely conceal, 
 magnified 50 diam. (2500 times in superficies). 
|. 6. The involucrum sprez d Mun with only one capsule left in 
it, magnified 50 diam. — 
7. An unripe capsule. - 
8, 9. Side and back views of a ripe capsule. magnified 
10, 11. Capsule opening and itely burst, shed- f 50 diam. 
ding its seeds. LE ds 
12. A seed magnified 200 diam. 
13. A frond of a cultivated plant of the same species, : natural 
size. 
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