Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 548
arly interesting find by fern-collectors.Closely related to the adders-tongue are thegrape-ferns and the rare moonwort. Most ofthese plants are too small and inconspicuous forthe average person to deign to notice, but ofunusual interest and a source of much perplexityto the botanist, owing to their… … THE ADDER S-TONGUE-FEKN. complex in outline. The sterile leaf or frond isoften deeply cut and divided, and the spore-bear-ing portion is branching. The moonwort is moreof a British subject than a Yankee, since it isfound in but few places south of the Canadianprovinces. In the days of superstition…
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