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Fig. 1.— Portion of mature Frond -nnder side. 



POLYPODIUM PHEGOPTERIS. 



LlNN^US. 



The Beech Fern. 



PLATE I. 



Poll/podium phegopleris. 



latehrosum, 

 connect He, 

 Phegopterig vulgaris, 



" pol^podioides, 



Zastrea phegopteris, 

 Polystichum phegopteris, 

 Gymnocarpium phegopteris. 



LiKxxrs. Bolton. Schktthb. 

 Smith. Hooker and Abxott. 

 MooEE. Deakin. Babingtox. 



SOWEBBY. PbaTT. E. J. LoWE. 



Salisbubt. 



MlCHAUS. 



Mettrsius. J. Smith. 



Fee. 



Boby. 



Both. 



Newman. 



Polypodium — From the Greek polys — mauy, and pous — ^a foot, in 

 allusion to the branching of the rhizoma. Phegopteris — From the 



Greek phegos — a Beech, and pteris — a Fern. 



The Beech Fern, although, local, is widely dispersed in 

 Great Britain. It is to be met with in mountainous disti'icts 

 ill damp woods and hedge-rows, especially in the neighbourhood 



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