94 FERNS AND THEIR ALLIES 



in appearance and lighter green than in the 

 species. 



This fern was again found at Pittsford, Ver- 

 mont, in 1903. 



PINNATIFID SPLEENV«rORT. 



Asplenium pinnatifidiim. 



Frond from two to six inches long, pinnatifid, 

 or sometimes pinnate below, tapering to a long, 

 slender point above, the few lobes at the base 

 roundish-ovate. 



It was formerly thought to be a variety of the 

 Walking Fern, the latter then being given as an 

 Aspleniiiui. 



It grows in tufts on rocks and cliffs, and the 

 fronds are evergreen. The stipe is dark and 

 polished, the rachis green. 



Pinnatifid Spleenwort has only recently been 

 accorded a place among New England ferns 

 through its discovery in Connecticut. 



The fruit-dots are large, irregular, often 

 double, and sometimes curved ; they mature in 

 July. The indusium is straight or curved. 



MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT. 



Asplenium Trichomanes. 



Frond pinnate, with from fifteen to thirty 

 pairs of unequal-sided, sometimes finely crenate 



