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(2) The True Ferxs include by far the lar^e.t nn,^K , 

 species which inhabit temperate rejons. VZ^ZnZel 

 ably m s.ze. ranging from quite diminutive plants =; tn , , "^':- 

 a3 the slender Cliff Brake iPeU^a «...,4:::ilV,;n,';!f; 



with two leaves of the cotnmon Synodv (pZ.^* '^ ,'"" W«.v,™™«); 3. rhizome 

 wort iAspU„iu„. <nV*„^„,,„rs,^ernate oraDeirnTK/ i" • ■•• '"='"l'^"-''»- =P'«n- 

 tripinnate sterile leaf on the Irft and the „f, Jx, ^Bot,ych,um lernatum). showing the 



(C«m«oio,„sr*;»M,«». shlVnranew%"P!f5'J;';°''?P''i'l ™ }^' "8^*: <i. walking fern 

 7, fertile and young sterile l.aves^\S'£'n%™:r '^LX:.:!?."' ""' °' *' '"'^^^ 



