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CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. 
Onoclecides. 
|iedaturn. 
pitiniilse pinnatifid; segments somewhat acute, 
ail ciliated. — Willd, and Piirsh. 
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 a kind 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. 
Sort oblongs distinct^ straight, parallel with 
the ribs of the frond on either side. Indii- 
sia superficial, arched, opening inwards. 
—jrutt. 
1. W. barren fronds pinnatifid ; segments lanceo- 
late, repand, very slenderly serrulate, fruit- 
bearing ones pinnate j pinnse linear, very entire, 
acute. — Willd. 
W. angustifoiia, Smith, act. taur. 
W. floridana, Sclik. 
Onodea nodulosa, Mich, and Swartz. 
Acrostichum areolatum, Sp. Pi. 15£6. 
Osmiinda Caroliniana, Walt, 
Icon. Schk. filic. p. 103. t. 111. 
Grows in swamps, Jersey; not uncommon. Perennial. 
396. ADIANTUM. Gen. pi. 1633. 
Sori oblong or roundish. Indusia membra- 
naceous, arising from the margin of the 
frond and opening inwards. — Mutt. 
1. A. frond pedate, branches pinnate ; pinnse di- 
mediate, oblong, lineate, upper margin incised; 
sterile segments dcntated ; fertile ones very en- 
tire; sori linear; stipe glabrous. — Willd. 
icon. Schk. liiic. t. 115. Pluk. aim. t. 1£4. f. £. 
