FILICALES. 



leaflets are cut, and as it were partially transmuted into dense clusters, 

 or spikes, of thecae, several of the upper divisions of the leaf consisting 

 entirely of such thecae, composing a compound panicle. Each theca 

 is light brown, veiny, supported by a short stalk. Smith. Rhizoma 

 tonic and styptic, and said to have been found serviceable in cases of 

 rachitis. 



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