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fronds similar, resembling those of Osmunda cinnamomea. Wet 
swamps and borders of ponds ; rare in the interior. Colchester, 
Yt. ; Belchertown, Mass. ; West Granby, Conn. ; becoming quite 
common near the coast. Often sterile, especially in dense shade. 
North American^and mainly on the Atlantic seaboard. 
Illustrated by Meehan, Series n, Vol. 2 # 
86. W. areolata (L.) Moore. (W. angustifolia.) Fronds di- 
morphous, the sterile pinnatifld, with broad serrate divisions- and 
green stipes, the fertile nearly pinnate with narrow divisions near- 
ly covered beneath with the linear sori ; stipes of the fertile fronds 
dark brown and shining ; sterile frond resembling that of Onoclea 
sensfbilis, but its veins are reticulated. Hadley and Deerfield, 
Mass. ; East Haddam, Conn. ; becoming more common near the 
coast, but much less so than the preceding species. Same range. 
Late in September. 
Provokingly sterile at some stations. Both species of Woodr 
wardia fruit when transplanted into half shade. 
Illustrated by Meehan, Series n, Yol. 1. 
Tribe VIII, ASPLENIEyE. 
Sori dorsal, linear, on veins oblique to the mid-vein, and furnish- 
ed with special indusi# which are attached on one side to the 
fertile vein and open on the other. With us two genera, one 
with nine species and one with a single species. 
ASPLENIUM L. 
Sori on the upper side or rarely on both sides of the veinlet ; veins 
free. 
89. A. ebenoides R. B. Scott. “Fronds 4-9 in. long, broadly 
lanceolate, pinnatifld, pinnate below, the apex prolonged and 
slender ; divisions lanceolate from a broad base, the lower ones 
shorter, often proliferous, as is the apex of the frond ; stipes lus- 
trous black, as is the lower part of the midrib, especially beneath.” 
— Prof. D C. Eaton. 
Fronds usually more or less abortive, Probably a hybrid be- 
