COMMON BRAKE, BRACKEN 



Vteris aquilina L*. 



T EAF ternate, each pinna aouDly compound and bent a-way 

 -*— ' from tne main stem; tne central largest, triangular, 

 sta.kfcl, tne lateral ones narrower. Pinnules oolong-lanceo- 

 late, Giviaea into oDlong olunt segments wnicn are again di- 

 vided in tns lower pinnules of tne middle pinna, all divisions 

 becoming less toward tne apex. Son forming a continuous 

 line along tbe edges, covered by tbe reflexed margins. Stems 

 straw-colored from a deep, stout rootstock. Leaves solitary, 

 from one to two feet across, dull green, tbick. 



A large and ratner coarse fern, tbe brake groves 

 abundantly on tbe exposed uplands away from tbe ravines. 



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