XXX. A Synopsis of the Chautauqua Ferns 



I. Vegetable leaves and spore fronds totally unlike; spore fronds 

 not leaf-like in appearance. 



1. SENSITIVE FERN (Onoclea sensibilis}. Swale near Hall of 



Pedagogy. The obtusilobata variety also occurs. 



2. OSTRICH FERN (Onoclea Struthiopteris). No. 21 Vincent 



Avenue. The root-stocks send out slender underground 

 shoots, which bear leaves the next year. 



3. CINNAMON FERN (Osmunda cinnamonea). No. i Roberts 



Avenue. The spore fronds quickly wither. 



II. Spore fronds, partially leaf-like; the spore portion unlike the rest 

 of the frond. 



4. ROYAL FERN (Osmunda regalis}. No. 21 Vincent Avenue. 



Osmunda is a Saxon name for the God Thor. 



5. INTERRUPTED FERN (Osmunda Claytoniana). No. 7 Roberts 



Avenue. Produces spores as the leaves unroll. 



6. GRAPE FERN (Botrychium Obliquum}. South of Quoit 



Grounds. 



7. DISSECTED GRAPE FERN (B. obliquum Var. dissectum}. 



South of Quoit Grounds. This variety often occurs with 

 the typical form. 



8. LANCED-LEAVED GRAPE FERN (B. lanceolatum) . South of 



Quoit Grounds. 



III. Spore fronds uniformly somewhat leek-like in appearance, yet 



differing noticeably from the vegetative leaves. 



9. CHRISTMAS FERN (Polystichum acrostichoides) . Near Hall 



of Pedagogy. 



IV. Leaves all alike; sporangia within a reflex portion of the leaf 



margin. 



10. BRACKEN FERN or Brake (Pteris aquilina). Fredonia Cot- 



tage, corner Miller and Pratt. 



11. MAIDEN-HAIR FERN (Adiantum pedatum). No. 7 Roberts 



Avenue. 



12. HAY-SCENTED FERN (Dickinsonia punctilobula) . No. 6 Pratt 



Avenue. 



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