. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. THE CHAIN FERNS. HE chain ferns are most at home in the sandy swamps along the Atlantic seaboard, and unless the collector lives within a short distance of the ocean, he is likely to see compara- tively little of them. One species, it is true, is found sparingly in inland swamps throughout most of the northeastern States but it is never plentiful enough to become com- mon. One is likely to always re- member the day upon which he first found it in his locality. The family is distinguished from others by the fact that the spe
. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. THE CHAIN FERNS. HE chain ferns are most at home in the sandy swamps along the Atlantic seaboard, and unless the collector lives within a short distance of the ocean, he is likely to see compara- tively little of them. One species, it is true, is found sparingly in inland swamps throughout most of the northeastern States but it is never plentiful enough to become com- mon. One is likely to always re- member the day upon which he first found it in his locality. The family is distinguished from others by the fact that the species bear their spor- angia in oblong sori parallel to the midvein, differing in this respect from the Aspleniums whose sori are oblique to the midvein. Otherwise the fruit dots are not so very unlike. The Common Chain Fern. It is a frequent occurrence for collec- tors to mistake the fronds of the common chain fern (\Voodwardia Virginicd) for those of the ubiquitous ' cinnamon fern. When growing in dense clumps they are practically indistinguishable until one is. 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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