24 ASPLENIUM 



LADY FERN: Asplenium FiUx-femina. 



(Athyriiun Filix-feminaJ) 



Fronds 1 to 4 feet high;, twice pinnate, exceed- 

 ingly variable in their cutting; pinnae lance- 

 shaped, acute, the pinnules deeply cut and toothed. 



Fruit dots borne in a double row on the pin- 

 nules, at length running together. When young 

 they extend in a horseshoe shape across the veins 

 which bear them, later becoming almost straight. 



Common in moist woods in nearly all parts of 

 the United States. 



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