3. LYGODIUn Sw. 
Nomen a Xv^ohi^i flexilis^ tortuosus. Sw. 1801. Schr. 
Journ. Bot.,1800: 106. 
Climbing plants. Rootstock slender, creeping. Lower 
^^Minae of th^ leaf sterile; upper ones fertile. Sporecases 
borne ni a double row on the linear lobes of the pinnules. 
1. L. pa!matum(Bernh.) Sw. PI. I. 
Gisoptei'is palmata Bernh. Schrad. 1. c. 129. 
Lygodhmi palmatuijt Sw. 1806. Syn. Fil. 154. 
Eaton Ferns N. Am. i : i. t. i. ; in Gray, 
Man. 692. Underw in 111. Fl. 1:7; Ferns 75 ; 
in Britt, Man. 6. Clute^ Ferns 280. t. Waters., 
Ferns 292. 
Climbing Fekn. 
Lower pinnae dichotomously forked ; pinnules 4-6 pal- 
matifid, lobes oblong, obtuse ; fertile pinnae several times 
forked, ultimate divisions pahnatifid. 
In moist woods, rare. July-October. 
Near Baltimore, Dr. Foretnan, C. E. Waters \ Anne Arundel 
Co., K. A. Taylor, Mr. Waite\ near Riverdale, Mssrs. Ward, 
Maxon and Batsch\ Suitlai.d, 6". Steele; Fergns.^cns Wliarf 
Va., W. D. Turner, 
4. OSMUNDA Lobel. 1570. 
This iiavie seems to be of Erench origin : Vulgo Os- • 
nizmda in Belgio dicltiir . . (Dodon. 1583 Hist. 461.) 
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