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to a height of six or seven feet. For further in- 

 formation on the distinctive characters of the British 

 species, I must refer the student to the masterly 

 exposition of Newman ; * and shall" simply add that 

 the botanical name is taken from the Latin equus, 

 a horse, and seta, a hair or bristle ; thus correspond- 

 ing with the popular name borne by the plant 

 almost throughout Europe. 



* "British Ferns." Edit. 2. 



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