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noveboracensis—Lat. of New York, Eboracum being the Roman 
name for the city of York in England. Linnaeus’ specimens. 
came ~~ Kalm; but though naming them for New York, he 
of them as from Canada. 
obliquum—Lat., in botanical language meaning with unequal sides; 
referring to the unsymmetrical bases of the pinnae. 
obtusa—Lat. blunt; referring to the shape of the segments. 
obtusilobata—Lat. with blunt lobes 
orbiculata—Lat. circular; referring a the shape of the segments. 
palmatum—Lat. branched like the outspread fingers of a hand; re- 
ferring to the shape of the sterile pinnae. 
palustris—Lat. of marshes 
parvulum—Lat. small. 
pedatum—Lat. Literally, footed, i. e., branched somewhat like a 
bird’s foot, in technical use meaning that the divisions are 
again branched. 
Phegopteris—Gr. oak or beech tree, and fern; perhaps so called be- 
cause associated with beech trees in its woodland havnts. 
pinnatifidum—Lat. pinnately cut, not fully pinnate. 
platyneuron—Gr. broad-nerved. Linnaeus adopted this name from 
the old —— Ray; its application to the ebony spleenwort: 
is not appa 
polypo a es resin the polypody. 
pseudocaudatum—Gr. and Lat. false caudatum; referring to the 
resemblance of the plant in question to Pteridium caudatum, 
for which it was formerly often mistaken. 
ci nictatass Pa with small dotted lobes; se iy to the appear- 
ance peg ae on the lobes of the pinnules 
re SS BE 
pycnocar oe a fruited. 
ramosum—Lat. branching. pvaend ee to the little 
grape-fern which bears this na in Gray’s Manual, but 
possibly used to contrast it ae hiahics Lunaria. The 
older botaniets ig of a compound frond like that of the 
bracken as “ramos 
esiliens—Lat. springing or sen Tc “uh elastin. 
rhisophyliue Ge root and leaf; referring to the well-known “ walk- 
ing” habit of the plant. 
rutaefolium—Lat. having leaves like Ruta, the European rue. 
ula-muraria—Lat. wall-rue; probably a translation of a popular 
name. 
