GROUP II FERTILE FRONDS PARTIALLY LEAF-LIKE, 

 FERTILE PORTION UNLIKE REST OF FROND 



shady woods ; that in 

 mossy meadows of 

 New England and 

 Central New York 

 the plant assumes a 

 more con- 

 tr acte d 

 habit. He 

 believes 



its segments 

 are more apt 

 to be divided in shady 

 situations than in open, 

 sunny ground. 

 The Ternate Grape Fern fruits in the fall. 



Part of sterile 



portion of 

 B. dissectum 



IX. LITTLE GRAPE FERN 



Botrychium simplex 



Canada to Maryland, in moist woods and in fields. Two to four 

 inches high, rarely a little taller. 



Sterile portion. Somewhat oblong, more or less lobed, occa- 

 sionally 3-7 divided, usually short-stalked from near the middle 

 of the plant, thick and fleshy. 



Fertile portion. Either simple or once or twice-pinnate, taller 

 than the sterile portion. 



This little plant is sufficiently rare to rejoice the 

 Heart of the fern hunter who *s so fortunate as to 



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