142. AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
“In L. complanatum the leaves being very minute the 
axis is practically naked and, marking the end of the 
season’s growth, there is plainly shown a sharp con- 
striction resembling the separation of the thorax and 
abdomen of a wasp, and each year’s growth resembles 
an elongated sausage. 
they are commonly — 
the buds are dormant 
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bearing 
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