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ALPINE WOODSIA. 
Woodsta hyperborea. 
The largest fronds are scarcely six inches 
long and half an inch broad and grow in little 
tufts from a short rootstock. They are linear- 
lanceolate, pinnate with ovate or ovate-oblong 
pinne cut nearly to the midrib into rounded 
lobes. The blades are smooth or slightly 
chaffy and the indusium consists of a few hair- 
like processes that radiate from beneath the 
THE WOODSIAS. 
The Alpine Woodsia. 
The rare little alpine Woodsia 
(lVoodsia hyperborea) is an inhabitant of 
the colder parts of both Europe and 
America. It is usually supposed that 
it was first discovered in the United 
States by C. G. Pringle at Willoughby 
Mountain in Vermont, but it was col- 
lected in the Adirondack Mountains in 
New York by Prof. C. H. Peck nearly 
ten years earlier. At that time the 
specimens were referred to Il”. glabella 
and it remained for B. D. Gilbert to 
discover their identity. His announce- 
ment of this, however, was somewhat 
later than Eaton’s announcement of 
Pringle’s discovery. It has since been 
found at a few other stations along our 
northern border in Maine, 
Vermontand New York. In 
these, it is never found ex- 
cept at considerable eleva- 
tions and is always so rare 
as to be considered a great 
prize by the collector. 
