1037 



vein. Me; Wis; Va. Synonym: Aspidium 



cristatum clintonianum D. C. Eaton, in 



Gray Man, ed 5, 665 (1867). 



3>. GOIiDIANA A. Gray, Man ed 1, 631 



(1848). 



Goldie's fern. Fronds broadly ovate, 

 2-4" long; pinnae 6-9' long, broadest in 

 middle, pinnately parted; segs about 20 

 pairs, oblong-linear, subfalcate, serrate 

 with appressed teeth; veins bearing sori 

 very near midvein; indusia very large, 

 orbicular with a narrow sinus. New 

 Brunswick; Minn; NC; Tenn; la; Ky. 

 Synonyms: Aspidium goldianum Hooker, 

 tdinb Phil J 6:333 (1822). Nephrodium 

 .goldieanum Hooker. Lastrea Goldieana 

 o. E. Smith. 



Variety CELSA Palmer, Biol soc Wash 

 pr 13:65 t 1 f 1-6, 8-12 (1899). 



Log fern. Dismal swamp, Va (Wm. 

 Palmer; Bartsch). 



(2) Fronds mostly bipinnate; indusia 

 convex, marginal glands 0. 

 _, _____ ,._.. CKI r>* TT-I 10*1 



O. nil AX -MAS bChOtt, Gen Fll 1834. 



MfliA f pm Qwppt fArn T?tctnr>v eVi^T-t 



-tnS. fiS n - ?V^ h- H ,* 



stout, fronds in a crown, 1-3 hi, broad- 



ly oblong-lanceolate, slightly narrowed 

 toward base, bipinnatifid or bipinnate; 

 pinnules oblong, smooth, polished be- 

 neath, larger ones pinnately incised; sori 

 large, near midvein, com on lower half 

 or 2-3 ds of seg; indusia firm, smooth; 



l.Aln 



Ar; Cal; Ore; Alk; Mich SDak. Synon- 



yms. Polypodium fllix-mas L sp PI 1090 



1038 



lanceolate, btpinnate, pinnae oblique to 

 rachis, elongate-triangular, lower pairs 

 broadly triangular; pinnules oblique to 

 midrib, connected by a very narrow 

 wing, oblong.incised or pinnatifld with 

 lobes spinulose- toothed; indusia smooth, 

 marginal glands 0. Newfoundland; Alk; 

 Va; Ky; Nebr; Wash. Synonyms: Poly- 

 podium spinulosum Retz. Fl Sand ed 2, 

 250 (1795). Aspidium spinulosum Swz, 

 Schrad J Bot 1800 (2):38 (1801. Neph- 

 rodium s Desv. Lastrea spinulosea 

 Presl. 



Variety INTERMEDIA Underwood, Our 

 Native Ferns, ed 4, 116 (1893). 



Scales of stipes few, brown with a 

 darker center; fronds oblong-ovate, 2-3- 

 pinnate; pinnae spreading, oblong-Ian- 

 ceolate, lowest unequally triangular- 

 ovate; pinnules crowded, pinnately di- 

 vided; margin of indusium denticulate 

 and beset with stalked glands. Can; 

 Tenn; NC; Alk; Labrador. Snyonyms: 

 Aspidium intermedium Muhl, Willd sp 



pi x.ono MRim A amorinarmm rair 



J ^ 1 --"^ (loiu;. A. americanum jjav. 

 A. spinulosum intermedium D. C. Eaton 

 n jf p rav Man *>ri c fifi^ MRfi?^ 



n rv t e rf<? i'nter^rtta A' Prav Man 7* 

 P r j? p tens intermedia A. Gray, Man ed 



v nr ip tv TITT.ATATA rnd^rwrmrl Our Na- 

 M ^rS^ 4 11* flSSST 



wood fern Scales of stioes 

 brown ^?ith a dancer 

 brSadly^vate or 



pnm o ninnatp- ninmilfs lance 

 f o Test" P oft mucf eSngated; 



7 (1795). Aspidium spinulosum dilata- 



shield fern; Rock fern; 



Our Native 



marginalia J. E. Smith. 



III. Fronds bipinnate or 3-pinnatifid; 

 segs spinulose-toothed. 

 D. RIG ID A (Aspidium rigidum Swz.). 

 Variety ABQUTA Underwood, Our Na- 

 live Ferns, ed 4, 116 (1893). 



Rtstock short, stout; fronds in a crown 

 on chaffy stalks, half-evergreen, smooth 

 above, paler and more or less glandular 

 beneath 1-3 hi, ovate-lanceolate or tri- 

 angular-1, bipinnate; pinnae broadly ob- 

 long-lanceolate, lowest ones broadest, 

 scarcely shorter than middle ones; pin- 

 nules oblong, incised or doubly serrate 

 with spinulose .teeth; indusia firm con- 

 vex, edge bearing short-stalked glands. 

 Cal; Ore; Alk; chiefly near coast Syn- 

 onyms: Aspidium argutum Kaulf, Enum 

 Fll 242 (1824) -A ngidiim argutum D 



MeHd 6 333 (1879) 



D. SPXWTTLO8A Klintze, Rev. Gen PI 2- 



813 (1891) 



Spinv shield fern. Stipes with a few, 

 pale brown decid scales; fronds ovate- 



natifidf upper and smaller merely ser- 

 rate; indusia minutely glandular. Can; 

 Alk- Minn; Va. Synonyms: Aspidium 

 boottii Tuckerman, Hovey's Mag hort 

 9-145 (1843). A. spinulosum boottii D. 

 c Eaton in Gray Man, ed 5, 665 (1867). 

 D PAT1JI|A Underwood, Our Native 

 p er nf td 4 117 (1893 ) 

 r Ptipes tufted 8-12'' long stramineous, 

 ,**% Swe; fronds pall g, 1-2 long, 

 \i_^ broad ovate-lanceolate; pinnae 

 fimeeolatSor lower subdeltoid; rachis 

 JJJjf b th sur f aces naked; sori in rows 

 between edge and midrib; in- 

 conspicuous, naked, Huachuca 

 A (Lemmon). Svnonvms: Aspi- 

 patulum Swz, Konigl Vetensk Ak 

 Hand! 1817-74. A. karwinskyanum 

 ^Xon's distribution.-Xephrolepis 

 patulum Baker. N. mexicanum Hooker. 

 NZPHBOI.EPIS Schott. 



Indusium reniform, fixed at sinus or 

 at arcuate base, opening toward margin 

 of frond; son at end of free veins. T 



