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Aspidium lobatum {Sivartz), Sm. E. F. iv. 291 ; Mack. Fl. 



Hih. 338 ; Hook, and Am. 568. 

 Polystichum aculeatum (Roth), Newm. N. A. 25, F. 169 ; 

 Bah. 411. 

 Rhizoma tufted ; stipes very short ; frond rigid, horizon- 

 tal, leathery, linear lanceolate, pinnate ; pinnae numerous, 

 pinnatifid, divisions decurrent. 

 Common everywhere. 



Polystichum Lonchitis. 



Polypodium Lonchitis, Linn. Sp. PI. 1548; Lightf. Fl. Scot. 



668; Huds. Fl. Ang. 4.66 ; With. Arr. 77 S; Sm. E. 



B. 797. 

 Polipodium Lonchitis, Bolt. Fil. Brit. 34, t. 19. 

 Aspidium Lonchitis (Swartz), Sm. E. F. iv. 284 ; Mack. Fl. 



Hih. 338 ; Hook, and Am. 568. 

 Polystichum Lonchitis {Roth), Newm. N. A. 25, F. 163 ; 



Bah. 411. 

 Ehizoma tufted ; stipes very short ; frond linear, rigid, 

 leathery, pinnate ; pinnae entire, auricled at the base, ser- 

 rated, very spiny ; clusters of capsules circular, crowded, 

 often confluent, confined to the upper haK of the frond. 



On mountains, rare. Caernarvonshire, Durham, York- 

 shire, Forfarshire, Perthshire, Kerry, Sligo. 



Genus. — Lophodium, Neivm. 



Involucre nearly circular, scale -like, its direction oblique 

 to the plane of the frond, its margin with a conspicuous 

 notch, and its attachment at this notch : first upper pin- 

 nule generally larger than the second, and always greatly 

 less than the first lower pinnule : all the ultimate divisions 

 ending in a point : cormus or rhizoma large, massive, and 

 long enduring. 



* Frond deltoid ; points of divisions sjnne-like. 



Lophodium (recurvum) fcenesech. 



1790. Polipodium cristatum. Bolt. Fil. Brit. 42, ad partem, 

 i. e., t. 23. 



