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 locks wherewith dwelling-houses are made fast, if it be put into the keyhole; as also that it will loosen. . . shoes from those horses' feet that go on the places where it grows."

It is to the Moonwort that Withers alludes in the following lines:

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.

{{c|'''14. LANCE-LEAVED GRAPE FERN'''

{{smaller block {{c|Botrychium lanceolatum

Nova Scotia to New Jersey, in woods and meadows. Two to nine inches high. }}

Sterile portion.—Triangular, twice-pinnatifid, with somewhat lance-shaped segments, hardly fleshy, set close to the top of the common stalk.

Fertile portion.—Branching. }}

Like the Matricary Grape Fern, this plant is found in the woods and wet meadows from Nova Scotia to New Jersey. It fruits also in summer. {{nop}} {{c|86}}