TRnilP II FERTILE FRONDS PARTIALLY LEAF-LIKE, 

 ORUUr FERTILE PORTION UNLIKE REST OF FROND 



shady woods ; that in 



mossy meadows of 



New England and 



Central New York 



the plant assumes a 



more con- 



t r act e d 



habit. He 



believes 



its segments 



are more apt 



^ , ,,„,,,, to be divided in shady 



Part o( sterile 'Wr'"^^ji\ 



portion of ^if^\ At?r situations than in open, 



sunny ground. 

 The Ternate Grape Fern fruits in the fall. 



II. LITTLE GRAPE FERN 



Botrychium simplex 



Canada to Maryland, in moist woods and in fields. Two to four 

 inches high, rarely a little taller. 



Sterile portion. — Somewhat oblong, more or less lobed, occa- 

 sionally 3-7 divided, usually short-stalked from near the middle 

 of the plant, thick and fleshy. 



Fertile portion. — Either simple or once or twice-pinnate, taller 

 than the sterile portion. 



This little plant is sufficiently rare to rejoice the 



neart of the fern hunter who is so fortunate as to 



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