used instead of ‘‘tea” against consumption, coughs and 
all lung-diseases. They have learnt this from the sav- 
ages who have used this for these purposes from time 
immemorial... . . . . . Thesavages went about in 
the woods in great numbers, journeyed far above Mont- 
real searching for this plant. 
Translated from Kalm’s Res. Nor, Am. 3: 338.1761. 
12, ANCHISTEA Pres], 1849. 
Nomen derivatum ab ayyoreds agnatus, affinitatem 
cum Woodwardia et Doodia indicans. Presl, Epimel. 
Botanica 71. 
Robust ferns. Rootstock long, creeping. Leaves of 
one kind. Sori obiong, in rows along the midrib of the 
pinnae and the central vein of the lobes. 
1. A. virginica (L.) Pres]. 
Lilix mas vulgari similis. . Pluk. Phyt. t. 179. 
eds 
Blechnum virginicum L. 1771. Mant. 2: 307. — 
Woodwardia virginica J. EL. Smith, 1793. Mem. 
Acad. Turin 5: 412. Haton, Ferns N. Am. 2: 
45. t. 52; in Gray Man. 683. Underw. in Ill. Fl. 
1: 20; Nat. Ferns 102; in Britt. Man. 10. Clufe, 
Ferns 219. Waters, Ferns 121. 
Anchistea virginica Presl,\.c. 
VIRGINIAN CHAIN FERN. 
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