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forked. Fruit-dots on or near the mari^in of the lobes. 

 Indusiiim conspicuous, at length splitting into several 

 spreading, jagged lobes. 



This is our most common species of Woodsia and it has 

 a wider range than the others, extending from Maine and 

 Nova Scotia to Georgia and westward. On rocky banks 

 and cliffs. The sori of this s])ccies have a ])eculiar beauty 

 on account t)f the star-shai)ed indusium, as it splits into 

 fragments. \'ar. angiista is a form with very narrow 

 fronds and i)innw. Highlands, New York. The type 

 grows in ^liddlesex County, ]Mass., but is rare. 



(4) Smooth Woodsia. Woodsia ijlahcUa 



Fronds two to five inches high, very delicate, linear, 

 pinnate. Piniuc remote at the base, roundish-ovate, very 

 obtuse witli a few crenate lol)cs. Stipes jointed, straw- 

 colored. Hairs of the indusium few and minute. 



Smooth Woodsia. Woodsia gahella 

 (Willoughby Mountain, Vt. G. tl, T.) 



