. How to know the ferns [microform] : a guide to the names, haunts, and habits of our common ferns. Ferns; Fougères. rxi' or ti;kms extend (iitioiis called 11(1 llu* led tlic 'iit'-/>in- |)imuL' visions [) their ii;- 4). of the )d ////- eciii at. • he so !(.. 5 witli ;ad of jporc- |y the les on *^ins. ^ruit- tiots. They take various shaj)es in the different soceies. Tl le y \\\[V )e ro und or linear or ohlnnj^ or kidney-siiaped oi' curved. At times they are naked, hut more fretjuentiy they are covered l)y a minute out<rro\vth of the frond or hy its reflexed margin. Tliiscov- cri


. How to know the ferns [microform] : a guide to the names, haunts, and habits of our common ferns. Ferns; Fougères. rxi' or ti;kms extend (iitioiis called 11(1 llu* led tlic 'iit'-/>in- |)imuL' visions [) their ii;- 4). of the )d ////- eciii at. • he so !(.. 5 witli ;ad of jporc- |y the les on *^ins. ^ruit- tiots. They take various shaj)es in the different soceies. Tl le y \\\[V )e ro und or linear or ohlnnj^ or kidney-siiaped oi' curved. At times they are naked, hut more fretjuentiy they are covered l)y a minute out<rro\vth of the frond or hy its reflexed margin. Tliiscov- crinu is called the iuditsinm. in 'K^. S) stematic hotanies the indusia. play an important part in detei- minini^ ^eneia. But as often tlicy arc so minute as to he almost in- visihle to the naked eye, and, as fre(piently they wither away early "' ^ in the sea'^on, I place little (lej)endence upon them as a means of popular identification. A fertile frond is one which hears spores. A sterile frond is one without spores. 31. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dana, William Starr, Mrs. , 1861-1952. Toronto : Publishers' Syndicate


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