And you will conquer every enemy."

[Illustration: Osmunda cinnamomea, var. _glandulosa_ (From Waters's
"Ferns," Henry Holt & Co.)]

Var. _frondòsa_ has its fronds partly sterile below and irregularly fertile
towards the summit.

Var. _incìsa_ has the inner pinnules of some of the pinnæ more or less
cut-toothed.

Var. _glandulòsa_ has glandular hairs on the pinnæ, rachis and even the
stipes of the sterile frond. This is known only on the coastal plain from
Rhode Island to Maryland.




III

CURLY GRASS FAMILY

SCHIZÆÀCEÆ

CURLY GRASS. _Schizàea pusílla_


Small, slender ferns with linear or thready leaves, the sterile, one to
two inches high and tortuous or "curled like corkscrews"; fertile fronds
longer, three to five inches, and bearing at the top about five pairs of