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lle Woodsia Re Bre 
Caespitose ferns of slender erect rather stiffish habit, the fronds 
pinnate, lanceolate or lance-ovate, the pinnae commonly pinnatifid into 
fine-toothed segments; sori round, small, the indusia thin, early withering, 
ours with delicate marginal curling hairs, 
-y Blades and stipes both hairy and finely glandulars pinnae 
Coca, spreading at nearly or quite right 
angles to the rachis le We scopulina 
5 Blades and stipes smooth or,if finely hairy,not at © 
Co glandular$ pinnae triangular-oblong, acute, 
obliquely ascending away from the rahcis 2e We oregana 
le We scopulina D. C, Eat, Rather stiffly ascending fern arising from a 
tufted chaffy dense rootcrown, the stipes shining-shestnut-brown, darkest 
below, the rachises straw-colored, minutely glandular-hairy, especially 
distally, the blades lanceolate, 8-12 cm. long, the pinnae oblong-ovate, 
approximate, 12-20 mm, long, pinnatifid into sinuate or lobed divisions, 
glandular-hairy on both surfaces, the sori indistinct, crowded, submarginal, 
irregular or roundish, the indusia resembling a diminutive doily with a 
fringe of curling hairs. 
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| Next to Cystopteris fragilis}our most common fern, favoring moist rock 
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crevices or ledges, at middle elevations. From thet snecies——y it may be 
distinguished at all stages of development by the glandular-hairy character 
of its blades. It has a distinctly thicker texture and more rigid habit as 
well. 
