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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
WOOD NUT. A popular 
 Avellana (which see). 
“WOOD OR SPURGE LAUREL. Se Daphne 
Laureola. 
name for Corylus 
WOODRUFF, or WOODROWEL. 
name for several species of Asperula. 
WOODSIA (named in honour of Joseph Woods, 
1776-1864, author of “The Tourists’ Flora”). Including 
Hymenocystis and Physematium. ORD. Filices. A genus 
comprising about fourteen species of small, much-tufted, 
stove, greenhouse, or hardy Ferns, mostly inhabiting cold 
or temperate climates. Stipes often jointed and sepa- 
rating at the joint. Sori globose; involucre inferior, 
soft-membranons, from the first calyciform or more or less 
globose, and sometimes inclosing the sorus, at length 
opening at the top, the margin or mouth irregular, lobed 
or fringed. The best-known species are here described. 
With the exception of W. mollis, all the exotic species 
thrive in a cool house. For general culture, see Ferns. 
W. alpina (alpine). A garden name for W. hyperborea, 
W. Brownii (Brown's) A synonym of Hypoderris Brownii. 
. caucasica (Caucasian). fronds lanceolate, Qin. long, 
mia sien on E gn msi m e M branous, 
nate; primary pinnæ e, nearly o d te, 
broadest at the MR. gheet oe again pinnate ; 
lobes or ultimate pinnules oblong, acute, serrated. sori large, 
two on each lobe or pinnule, one on each side near the margin ; 
involuere globose, Caucasus. SYN. Hymenocystis caucasica. 
W. glabella (nearly glabrous). sti. short. fr. linear, slightly 
pe below, pinnate; pinnæ very remote towards the short 
pes, all deltoid, very obtuse, cut into from three to seven 
ec) e E ite eT entire Jobas. North America, 
orway, : er regards this as possibly a glabrous form of 
W. hyperborea. (H. F. B. A. ii. 237.) . e 
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À common 
FIG. 225. WooDSIA HYPERBOREA. 
w. hyperborea, (extreme-northern rootstock 
glongated. sti. shining, clothed with fetus ah Sege 
Sin. to bin. long, linear-l densely tufted ; 
what distant, ovate-cordate, Jin. to jin. long, put SCH 
H H Ee türee to five on each lobe. 
: ritain JA : > 1 
SE ene? (Sy. y B. 1863.) wa ne SYN. W. alpina (of 
. ilvensis (Elba). fronds broad lanceolate : pinnæ ` 
‘obtuse, broader at iN Lees be ly pi GG eg, 
Woodsia—continued. 
to be the same as one figured by Dalechamp, named Lonchitis 
aspera ilvensis. 
S SS 
E 
Fic. 226. WOODSIA ILVENSIS. 
W. mollis (soft).* fronds lanceolate, pinnate, generally densely 
clothed, especially beneath, with short, jointed hairs, scarcely 
attenuated below; pinnæ sessile from a broader base, oblong, 
obtuse, pinnatifid; lobes approximate, oval or nearly round, 
entire ‘or crenate. sori marginal; involucre opening with a 
jagged, circular mouth. Mexico, Guatemala, &e. Greenhouse. 
SYN. Physematium mollis. 
W. obtusa (obtuse).* sti, tufted, not articulated, Jin. to bin. 
long, castaneous towards the base. 
