19S 



The Fehx Lover's Compaxiox 



1 4') Mateicaey Feex 

 Botrycltium rambsiim. Botrj/chium tnafricariirjbhum 



Fronds small, one to twelve inches high. Sterile 

 segment above the middle, usually much divided. Fertile 

 segment twice or thrice pinnate. Apex of both segments 

 turned down in the bud. the sterile overtopping and clasp- 

 ing the fertile one. 



The matricary fern differs from the preceding in rijien- 



The Matricary Fern. Bofryrhnnn luatrieari^rfolium 



