212 
Gnocleoides. 
pedatum, 
/ 
CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. 
pinnule pinnatifid; segments somewhat acute, 
all ciliated.— Wiild. and Pursh. 
Icon. Schk. filic. t. 95, 96. b. 
Common Brake. 
A large and handsome fern. Baron Humboldt says the in- 
habitants of Parma and Gomera make akind of bread of the 
roots, which are large. On the edges of fields, in woods, and on 
dry soils, very common and abundant, especially in Jersey. 
Perennial. August. 
395. WOODWARDIA. Smith. act. taur. 5. p. 411. t. 9. f. 5. 
Sori oblong, distinct, straight, parallel with 
the ribs of the frond on either side. Indu- 
sia superficial, arched, opening inwards. 
— Nutt. 
1. W. barren fronds pinnatifid ; segments lanceo- 
late, repand, very slenderly serrulate, fruit- 
bearing ones pinnate ; pinne linear, very entire, 
acute.— Willd. 
W. angustifolia, Smith, act. taur. 
W. fioridana, Schk. 
Onoclea nodulosa, Mich. and Swartz. 
Acrostichum areolatum, Sp. Pl. 1526. 
Osmunda Caroliniana, Wait. 
Icon. Schk. filic. p. 103. t. 111. 
Grows in swamps, Jersey; not uncommon. Perennial. 
596. ADIANTUM. Gen. pl. 16353. 
Sori oblong or roundish. ndusia membra- 
naceous, arising from the margin of the 
frond and opening inwards.—WVutt. 
1. A. frond pedate, branches pinnate; pinne di- 
mediate, oblong, lineate, upper margin incised ; 
sterile segments dentated; fertile ones very en- 
tire; sori linear; stipe glabrous.—Wiild. 
Icon. Schk. filic. t. 115. Pluk. alm. t. 124. fi 2. 

