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something like antennae. The strobile is the name 

 of the whole cluster of seeds, which combined make 

 a cone-like appearance. It is about one inch or more 

 in length, and is of a light reddish-brown color in 

 the autumn." 



The Aspidium Margin alk. 



" We have had a lesson today upon a very interest- 

 ing and beautiful fern, the name of which is the 

 Aspidium marginale. It grows about fifteen inches 

 in height, and bends very gracefully. It resembles 

 the tree fern, that grew thousands of years ago, more 

 nearly than any other fern growing in the United 

 States. 



1 ' The stipe is about five inches in height, and is of a 

 pale yellow color shading into brown near the base. 

 There is a deep, broad line on the upper side, be- 

 sides smaller ones. There are a great many dark 

 brown dots on the under side. The stipe is flat and 

 rough, and is much wider at the base than at the 

 part nearest the frond. There is a good deal of 

 chaff on each side of the stipe near the frond, and it 

 is of a light brown color. 



" The root is about a foot in length, and resembles 

 the roots of a great many other ferns. It is covered 

 with small rootlets which are really the stipes which 

 grew a great many years ago. 



