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2e Pe fonohitis (L.) Roth. Holly Fern. Trim ferns, the fronds lanceolate, 
the stipes short, arising from a heavy chaffy rootstock, densely crowded with 
bases of old stipes; blades elongate- or scimitar-lanceolate, 2.5-5 dm, long, 
the pinnae closely approximate, auricled, the principal ones shortly arcuate- 
lanceolate, 2-325 cm, long, the basal deltoid to suborbicular, 8-12 mm, long, 
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all pungently serrate with bristle-tipped teeth; sori in 2 rows, or confluent 
in a submarginal line, indusia rather inconspicuouSe 
Occasional, on steep canyonsides, rock ledges or open ridges, from 
3500-6500 fte Of variable stature, with dwerfish sun and symmetrical shade 
forms. 
3¢ Pe munitum (Kaulf.) Presle Western Sword Fern, Rather coarse evergreen 
fern with abundant lanceolate chestnut-brown scales on stipes and rachises, 
the fronds pinnate, dark green above, lighter beneath, the stipes 8-12 om. 
long, the blades lanceolate, acuminate to a slender tail-like tip, 30-45 cm, 
long, 9-16 om, wide, the pinnae evenly set, alternate upon the rachis, 
auriculate, narrowly lanceolate, now nearly straight, now falcate, 4-9 cm, 
long, serrulate with short appressed bristle-tipped teeth; sori in @ rows, 
1,0-1.5 mm, wide, submarginal or confluent, especially in sun forms, the 
jndusia roundish, fringed, irregularly tardily deciduous. 
Occasionaly in woods, forming stools of few to several erect or 
ascending fronds, 2500-4000 ft., being a species (enters our area, from 
the coastal region, The fronds are extensively harvested in coastal Wash- 
ington for the florist tradee 
