104 ASPIDIUM 



FRAGRANT FERN: Aspidium fragrans. 



{Nephrodium; Dryopteris.) 



Fronds 4 to 12 inches long, narrowly lance- 

 shaped, glandular and aromatic, twice pinnate; 

 divisions of the pinnae obtuse, more or less 

 toothed; stipes short, bearing chaffy, brown scales. 

 The old fronds droop and curl in a characteristic 

 manner. 



Indusia very large, nearly covering the under 

 surface of the pinnules. 



Found on cliffs from northern New England to 

 Minnesota and northward. 



