. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. THE MOONWORT AND ITS ITH the exception of the rattlesnake and common grape ferns, the members of the Botrycliium family, although somewhat widely dispersed in eastern America, are very little Icnown, even to the botanizing public. In the books they are usually set down as rarb, but whether this is really the case, or whether their small size enables them to es- cape observation, it is difficult to say. It is pos- sible to find most of our ferns by diligent search in suitable situations but the Botrycliiunis usually
. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. THE MOONWORT AND ITS ITH the exception of the rattlesnake and common grape ferns, the members of the Botrycliium family, although somewhat widely dispersed in eastern America, are very little Icnown, even to the botanizing public. In the books they are usually set down as rarb, but whether this is really the case, or whether their small size enables them to es- cape observation, it is difficult to say. It is pos- sible to find most of our ferns by diligent search in suitable situations but the Botrycliiunis usually elude such attempts to discover them and are likeliest to appear when one is looking for something else. Once discovered, they are often found in considerable numbers and are not rare in collections, although comparatively few have seen them growing. T'he Moonwort. The moonwort {Botrycliium Ljinarid) is a fat little plant that delights to grow in old fields in many parts of the world but is exceedingly rare in the United States. Like all the Botrychiuvis it bears but one frond annually, divided after the usual manner into a fertile and sterile portion. This comes up out of the earth stiff and erect although the tip of the sterile part is slightly bent down-. 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 Clute, Willard Nelson, b. 1869. New York, F. A. Stokes Co
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