The native flowers and ferns of the United States in their botanical, horticultural and popular aspects . ems much more probable, however, that the name is de-rived from uvula, a little grape, as in many of the plants which,like our present species, were once classed with Polygonatum,the fruit is a berry, bearing some resemblance to the berriesof a grape. The Sessile-Leaved Bell-Wort does not seem to extend south-ward below South Carolina, but towards the northeast it isfound up to and even beyond the limits of the United it is found in the same latitudes, until it reaches ourw
The native flowers and ferns of the United States in their botanical, horticultural and popular aspects . ems much more probable, however, that the name is de-rived from uvula, a little grape, as in many of the plants which,like our present species, were once classed with Polygonatum,the fruit is a berry, bearing some resemblance to the berriesof a grape. The Sessile-Leaved Bell-Wort does not seem to extend south-ward below South Carolina, but towards the northeast it isfound up to and even beyond the limits of the United it is found in the same latitudes, until it reaches ourwestern desert. It is not, however, included in Mr Arthurslist of Iowa plants, although it is mentioned by Dr. Parry inOwens Geological Survey of Iowa and Minnesota. It is re-ported in Nebraska by Prof. Aughey, and it appears also iifArkansas, according to Prof. Lesquereux, but has not yet beenfound in the intervening state of Kansas. Explanation of the Plate — i. Complete plant.— 2. Outline of a leaf, somewhat en-larged.— 3. Seed-vessel, nearly mature. — 4. Cross-section of seed-vessel. OL Plate 4-.^ ASPLENIUM EBENEUM. EBONY SPLEENVVORT. NATURAL ORDER, (POLVPODIACE^.) ASPLENIUM EBENEUM, Alton. — Froiids upright (eight to sixteen inches high), pinnate, lance-linear in outline ; pinnae (one half to one inch long) many, lanceolate, or the lower oblong,slightly scythe-shaped, finely serrate, sessile, the dilated base auricled on the upper orboth sides; fruit dots numerous on both sides of the elongated mid-vein ; stipe and rhachisblackish-purple and shining. (Grays Manual of tlic Botany of the Aorthern Unitcti Stales,See also Woods Class-Book of Botany, and Chapmans Flora of the Southern United States.) Tis sweet, in the green spring. To gaze upon the wakening fields around ;Birds in the thicket sing, Winds whisper, waters prattle from the ground ;A thousand odors rise, Breathed up from blossoms of a thousand dyes. [very one who is fond of wild flowers, whet
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