. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. Powdery Cloak Fern. Xofhohicna thalbafa (Kansas) iG. E. Davenport). The Common Chain Fern. TJoodvardia virginica 74 The Ferx Lovers Co:\ipaxiox parallel to and near the midribs. Indnsium fixed by itsouter margin to a veinlet and opening on the inner onr section there are tn-o species. (Named for ThomasJ. Woodward, an English botanist.) (1) The (%x-\imox Chaix Fehx. Woodtrardia rirginica Sterile and fertile fronds similar in outline, two to fourfeet high, once pinnate, the pinna? deejily incised withoblong seg


. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. Powdery Cloak Fern. Xofhohicna thalbafa (Kansas) iG. E. Davenport). The Common Chain Fern. TJoodvardia virginica 74 The Ferx Lovers Co:\ipaxiox parallel to and near the midribs. Indnsium fixed by itsouter margin to a veinlet and opening on the inner onr section there are tn-o species. (Named for ThomasJ. Woodward, an English botanist.) (1) The (%x-\imox Chaix Fehx. Woodtrardia rirginica Sterile and fertile fronds similar in outline, two to fourfeet high, once pinnate, the pinna? deejily incised withoblong segments. Fruit-dots olilong in chain-like rowsalong the midrib both of the pinna? and the lobes, con-fluent when ripe, ^eins forming narrow rows of net-likespaces (areoles) beneath the fruit-dots, thence free to themargin. The spores ripen in July. The sterile fronds resemble those of the cinnamon fern,but the latter grow in crowns, with a single frond in thecenter, while the fronds of the chain fern rise singly fromthe creeping rootstock, which sends them up at intervalsall summer. The sori are borne on the backs of fertilefronds. There are


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