INTERRUPTED FERIT 



(Osmunda claytoniana) 



F®^; 



Pronds 2 to 6 feet long. Sterile fronds nearly twice 

 pinnate. In circle spreading outv/ard, and fertile 

 nearly erect with spore-bearing pinnae in the center of 

 the blade. Pinnules rounded. Stipes of young fronds 

 heavily coated with woolly down. 



In moist places. Common. 



SENSITIVE FERN 



(Onoclea sensibilis) 



Fronds 1 ta 2^ feet long. Creeping rootstock. Sterile 

 blade thin, broadly triangular. Only lower pinnae cut 

 to rachis. Separate fertile frond with pinnae much 

 contracted forming beadlike sori at the top of rachis. 

 In moist soil. Common. 



