This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...long, somewhat fleshy, somewhat narrowed at the base, sessile; fertile spike i/ or more long. Me. to Ky., Tenn., Tex., Ariz. III. Sterile portion near the base of the stalks. 2. O. crotatophoroides, Walt. Roolstock tuberous, 3"--5" thick; stallc 3'--6' high, the sterile segment if--1/ long, ovate, slightly netioled, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...long, somewhat fleshy, somewhat narrowed at the base, sessile; fertile spike i/ or more long. Me. to Ky., Tenn., Tex., Ariz. III. Sterile portion near the base of the stalks. 2. O. crotatophoroides, Walt. Roolstock tuberous, 3"--5" thick; stallc 3'--6' high, the sterile segment if--1/ long, ovate, slightly netioled, the veins somewhat indistinct; fertile spike short and thidk, 3"--6" long. (O. bulbosum, Michx., O. vulgatum var. crotalo/taoroides, D. C. E.) Fla. to La. VI. 3. Q) nudicaule, Linn. f. Rootstock slightly tuberous; stalk i'---4'high, the sterile segment &'--i' long, ovate or oblong, the veins jndistinct; fertile spike linear-acuminate, 6" long, the peduncle very slender. (O.elliplicum, H.and G., O. vulgatum, var' nudicaule D. C. E.) Fla. to Ga. and Cal. VI. I 2. Cheiroglossa, Presl. Fertile spikes several arising from the base of the sterile segment. 4. O. palmatum, Plumier. Rootstock fleshy, tuberous, covered. with fine wool-like chaff; plant fleshy, 6'--20 high, the sterile segment cuneate at the base, 2--6 lobed or rarely entire, the lobes elongated and tapering; fertile spikes 1--8 or more, borne on the sides of the stipe just below the sterile segment or on its margin. Fla. VI. II. BOTRYCHIUM, Swz. Grape-fern. Rootstock very short, erect, with clustered fleshy roots, the bud for the next year's growth usually imbedded in the base of the stipe. Sterile segment of frond pinnately or ternately divided or compound. Fertile segment 1--3 pinnate with double rows of sessile, naked sporangia. Veins free. Spores copious, sulphuryellow. Name from Gr. dolrus, a bunch of grapes, alluding to the clustered sporangia. Contains ten species of which seven are found in our limits. Vernation wholly straight. /' 1. B. simplex, Hitch....
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