158 DICKSONIA 



HAY-SCENTED FERN: 



Dicksdnia punctilohula. 

 {D. pilosiuscula; Dennstaedtia punctilobula.) 



Fronds 1 to 3 feet high^ minutely glandular and 

 hairy^ twice pinnate ; pinnae lance-shaped, pointed ; 

 pinnules deeply cut into toothed lobes. 



Fruit dots minute^ each borne on the margin of 

 a recurved toothlet; indusium cup-like_, open at the 

 top. 



Found in shade and sunlight, often forming 

 large patches in upland pastures, from Nova Scotia 

 to Minnesota and Alabama. 



