IIL1CES. 43$' 



1. W.ANGUSTIEOLIA, Smith. Narroic-lr.avedWt>odwardi(i. 



Xttrile frond* 1 foot high, thin, bright green, daeply pinnatifid, with lanceolate 

 lerrukitc divisions; the fertile t-imply pinnate; ptntwe contracted, linear, with ohIjl 

 \ row of cross veins, bearing the fruitrdots as near the margin* as the midrib. 



Bogs, rare. Aug. 



2. W. VlRGINICA, Willd. Virginian Woodicardia. 



Stcrllt and fertik fronds similar, 2 feet hitrh, pinnate ; pinma lanceolate, pin 

 natitid, with numerous obkmg lobo«; fruit-doti contiguous or eonflu<»iit with tg*, 

 oaaking a row on ee.ch side of the midrib, both of the pinnte and the lobei. 



Swamps, not rare. July. 



6. CAMPT030RU3, Link. Walking Fjrn: 



Qr. kamptot, bent, and sorct, for fruit-dot. 



Fruit-pots linear or oblong, irregularly scattered on the 

 reticulated veins of the simple frond, which form mostly* 

 hexagonal meshas, rariousJy diverging, inclined to approxi- 

 mate in pairs by their free margins, especially those of tl>- 

 secondary reticulations,, or tc become confksent at thwtir ends, 

 forming crooked lines. 



C. RHIZOPirYLLUS, Link. Walking Leaf. Walking Fern., 



Froudt evergreen, growing iu tuft?, .spreading or procumbent. 4 to 2 iaabes long, 

 M&cublate from au auricled heart-shaped base, eutire or w.-ivy on the margin, 

 bBpermg above into a slender prolongation Like a runner- which often ro >t» at the 

 apex giving rise to new fronds, and these in tarn tt other*; hence the common 

 same. (Asplenium rhizophyllum. L.) 



liiaied Li.oiit reeks, near Lewiaburg, rare. July. 



7. ASPLENIUMyLinn. Spleen wort. 



Br. o, privative, va&jpUiB$, tho sploea ; ffcm its supposed r«insdia! properties 



Fruit-dots linear or oblong, oblique, seperate, not in 

 pairs, all attached lengthwise to the upper side of the sim- 

 ple, forked or pinnate, free veins; the indusium-- opening 

 along the side towards the midrib or axis of venation. 



• FSond pinnate pinnatifid, or pinnahfid. 



1. A. PINNATIFIDUM, Nutt. Pinnatifid Sphenworf, . 



Fronds 3 to 6 inches lonjr. diffusely spreading, lanceolate, pinnatifid, sometime* 

 plnnately parted near-ibe base-, tapering above iuto a elender prolongation, with 

 the apex sr-m times rooting; lobe* roundish-ovate, obtuse, eu toothed- or nearly 

 satire, the midrib ev;toeseent bv forking below tae -apex. 



CiiJ* be'o* the 3chuyikill and Wissahicken, neur Philadelphia. Nutt , yerj 

 rare. July. 



2. A., T1TELYPTEROIDE3, Michx. TKdypterh-lilce Spleen- ■ 



wort. 



Fronds pinnate; pinnoz deeply pinnatifid, linear-lanceolate. 8 to 5 inches long . 

 theio,';«j oblong, obtuse, minnntely toothed, crowded, each bearing 8 to 6 pairs of ' 

 approximated oblong fruit-dot*. 



ii;ch wood*, not rare. July. A handsome pale-gT*ea and smooth ?-*ra. 



*■* Frond pinnae. 



