13. MATRICARY GRAPE FERN
Botrychium matricariæfolium
Nova Scotia to New Jersey, in woods and wet meadows. Two inches to one foot high.
Sterile portion.—Once or twice divided, sometimes very fleshy, growing high up on the stem.
Fertile portion.—With several branched pinnæ.
This plant is found, often in the companionship of B. Virginianum, in woods and wet meadows, not farther south than New Jersey. It fruits in summer.