Flora of South Fork of Kings River. 7 



Woodsia scopulina Eaton. (Fig. 9.) This forms dense 

 clumps, the stems of the old leaves persist, scaly at base. Fronds 

 from a few inches to a foot long, bipinnate with somewhat dis- 

 tant leaflets ; ultimate divisions oblong, crenate. This is common 

 around Bullfrog Lake. 



Fig. 9. 



The maiden hair ferns are to be looked for. There are three 

 species. Adiantum pedatum, or Five-Finger Fern, with the 

 fronds round, fan-shaped, 2-forked, each fork bearing several 

 branches. Adiantutn emarginatum Hook is bipinnate, ultimate 

 divisions semi-circular or kidney-shaped, the upper margin lobed 

 and sharply toothed. Adiantutn Capillus-Veneris L. This is 

 somewhat similar to the preceding in the outline of the fronds ; 

 the divisions are wedge-shaped at base, palmately lobed or incised. 



Cheilanthes gracillima Eaton. Scaly-Fern. Is to be 

 sought in rocky places. It is a small fern with linear-oblong 

 fronds, bipinnate, scaly ; ultimate divisions crowded, very small, 

 bead-like, smooth on the upper surface except in young fronds, 

 clothed with brown, matted wool on the lower surface. 



Cheilanthes amoena, A. Eaton, the Lace-Fern of the Southern 

 Sierra, may also be found in the region. The frond is broadly 

 ovate in outline, much dissected, the smallest divisions very 

 small. The stems are slender, shining, brown. The roots slen- 

 der, fibrous. 



