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ASPIDIUM FILIX MAS. 

 Male Fern. 



Class XXIV. Cryptogamia.— Orr/pr I. Filices, 

 Nat. Ord. Filices. 



Gen. Char. .S'o// roundish, scattered. Involucre orbicular, 

 or orbiculari-reuiform and fixed at the sinus. 



Spec. Char. Fronds bipinnate; pinnules oblong, obtuse, 

 serrated. Sori near the central nerve. Stipes and 

 rachis chaffy. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek ..... vn^is. 



/-Filix non ramosa dentata. Bauh. Pin. 358. 

 Filix mas. Ger. Em. 1128. Fuchs, 569. Lob. Obs. 473. 

 Filix mas vulgaris. Rail Syn. 120. Park Theatr. 1036. 

 Latin ....-{ Polypodium Filix mas. Lin. Sp. PI. 1551. 



j Polystichum Filix mas. Roth. Germ, iii. 82. 



I Aspidium Filix mas. Swartz. Syn. Fil. 55. Smith, Fl. Brit. 



^ iii. 1121. Eng Bot.x.Ub^. 

 French .... Fougere male. 

 Italian .... Felce maschio. 

 Spanish... Helecho macho 

 Portuguese. Feto macho. 

 German.... Farnkraut ; Mannlichen Farnkraut ; Johanniswurzel. 



Butch Maunetjes Varen ; Varen manneke; Bosch Vareri. 



Danish . . . Bregne ; Needhregne ; Molfoorblom. 

 Bohemian .. Kaprodj. 

 Swedish.... Trcejon ; Ormbunke. 

 Polish Paproc 



Description. — The rhizoma is long, thick, creeping, ligneous, 

 of a dark brown colour externally, covered with thick brown 



