84 POLYSTICHUM 



HOLLY FERN: Polystichum Lonchitis. 



(Aspidium Lonchitis.) 



Fronds 6 to 24 inches high^ long lance-shaped, 

 tapering toward the base, short-stalked, pinnate; 

 pinnae rather broad, spiny-toothed, eared on the 

 upper side and curving upward, the lowest shorter 

 and triangular. 



Fruit dots round, borne on the backs of the up- 

 per pinnae in two rows midway between the midrib 

 and the margins, and also upon the ears. 



Found in rocky woods from Nova Scotia to south- 

 ern Ontario, and far north and west. 



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