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KKHN-KI.OKA OF CANADA. 



flt'sliy, slij^hlly coriari'oiis, sihodIIi, l»r»^ailly laiu"i'i>lati', aiuiniiiatt', tU'rply piiinalirul or 

 piniialo, the lohi's ov pimi.i- liioaii I t'luw, laporinj^ upwariK into aiiimiiiati' points, nioir 

 or less lali'atc (sii-kle-sliaju'il) anil sharply st'rrat*.*. \'fins forki'il ov hramlu-il. Sori 

 ncariM* tin* miilrib than niarj^'in ol llir lohi* or pinna. KvtMj^ii'iMi. 



In cri'viics oi rorks anil in lri>o-hollo\vs. liridsh i'oluxihid :: Xanronvi-r Isiaiul, 

 bctvvoiMi V'ictoria ami lCsi|iiiniaiilt Harbor. Also I-'rasor Kivor. 



(lie NTS XX. PhOfiroptOriS, Ffci-. Ihrch niui (hilc Frnis. 



I. I'll. Pinoi'TKRIS, Feo. Cuinnion Oak- Frni. Rlii/.o?no hntin-licd, -.iiMuli-r, 

 crt'opini;-, il.irk rolmni'il, with at (irst hii)wn si'.iU's ; stipi- sIimhIim- ami wi-ak, loni;i"r llian 

 tilt' lamina, j^iahrons, t'xiopt .it tin* vi'ry hase. I'loml six to twclvi' im'lu-s liis^ii, yiahroiis; 

 l.'imin.i thin ;imi di'lii-ato, nu-mhr.inous or luMhari'ous, pali* ^nn-n, ihill, in tluvi", st.ilki'il, 

 div.'irii'ati', tri.intjul.ir p.irts or divisions, o.ai'h o'i which is pinnatr, with its ]>inn;L> mori" 

 or ii'ss di'i'ply piiinatit'ul, tiu- iiMitr.il ilivisii>n l.'irg'i'st ;ind s\ nunt'triial, liu- otIuMs (siiK-or 

 lateral ones) haviiij^" tlu-ir pinna- .ihlirevi.iti'il or less di'vt-iopi'd on tlu" iippi-r siilr. \';ir. 

 KRKi TA is .a tall, stout form th.it ^■rows in wi't shaily plai'i's in rich soil, and resi'inhlcs 

 (he i'oilowim;: v.'irii'ly in ;ii)pcar;im'e, hnt ililTers iVom it hi the tVonds not hoint,'' covered 

 on the surLice with mimile glands. 



V.ir. i\OHKRTlAN.\, n.iveriport, ( l.imesti>ne feiii of l^nucland ); rhi/ome less creepim;- ; 

 fronil stout, rij;-id ; stipe and lamina closely beset with minute stalked .inlands (visible by 

 aid of lens). 



On wooded rocky banks, and in ilrv woods, very t;-eneral throuiihout the whole 

 Dominion, especially in hilly districts, tirit'tsh Columhux : ( I'ound by Hr. Cl. Dawson). 

 North-\\\'st Tcrritiny \ — Kchimamish River to Oxtoril House. Mnnitohii'. — Common 

 arounil I.akes M.initoba and W'innipeyosis ; .mil in the RiilinjLT, Duck, and Porcupine 

 Mountains. Ontitrio: — Abunilant in the wooils .irounil Kini^ston ; R.ims.iy ; I'resctMt ; 

 Belleville ; Toronto; north shores of l.;ike Superior and Huron. Oucbcc : — River Rouye; 

 Round Lake ; Montreal Mountain ; Xicolet Rivty ; Somerset; St. Joachim ; L'Orii;inal, 

 &c., — common throughout the Province. AV71' /innis~d<iik '. — So common in the Province 

 that special localitii-s need not be cited. .Wnni Saiti(t : — Common all over the peninsula 

 of Nova Scotia and also in Cape Mreton Islaiul. XaiioniuiltDid. Labiiulor. 



The \ar. crccta j^rows in beech wooils at Collins's Hay, near Kinj'-ston ; also .irounil 

 the shores of Hedford Hasin and the H;isin oi Minas, Xovn ScdHh. \'iti-. h'ohcri'idiia has 

 been foinul near Lake Seul, Ontario ; Lake of the Woods, Monito.ho ; Anticosti, Ouchrc. 



2. Pll. lll'.XAiiONOlTlCRA, I'ee. Sout/tcni llecch Fcni. — Rhizome lorn;-, slentler, 

 branchini^, .at first scaly. Frond from one to two feet or more in beii;-lil ; sti|)e variable 

 in Iens4-tii, but mostlv lont^vr than the hamina of the frond. Lamina triaiii^-ular in outline, 

 acuminate, soft and hairy throu^luiut, pinnate, the lowest pair oi pinnae lari^er than the 

 others, projected forward but not detlexed ; pinna; broadly lanceolate, pinnatifid. 



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