5 
Geogr. area: North America, Ice- 
land, Feerées, Europe, Asia Minor, Cauca- 
sus, Northern Asia, Northwestern Himalaya. 
Sect. I]. Lastrea Bory. Indusium reniform. 
8. A. fragrans (L.) Sw. 
Hook. FI. Bor. Am. II p. 261; Trauty. FI. 
Terr. Tschuktsch. p.40; Peary, Auxil. Exped. 
App. C. p.8; Macoun, Catalogue V_ p. 276; 
Ambronn, Cumberland Gulf p. 97; Poly- 
podium fragrans L.;.Lastrea fragrans Presl. ; 
Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p. 186; Polystichum 
fragrans Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV p. 514; As- 
pidium rigidum FI. D. t. 2187. 
Rhizome thick, ascending. Fronds 
numerous, densely tufted, in circumfe- 
rence lanceolate, short stalked, bipin- 
nate, pinnulz ovate, obtuse, crenulate. 
Stalk and rachis densely clothed with 
brown scales. Clusters nearly covering 
the under side of the fronds, indusium 
fimbriated. The surface of the fronds 
is filled with small glands which pro- 
duces a smell of Sweet Violet. 
Am.: Kotzebue Sound, Arctic Coast 
and Islands, Hudson Strait, Baffin Land: 
Cumberland Gulf. West Greenl. 67° 50’— 
78° 30’ (), East Greenl. 60°—60° 41’ (!) and 
70° (). As: Taimyr Peninsula 73° 30’, Chuk- 
ches Land (}). 
Geogr. area: Northern North Ame- 
rica, East Siberia, Kamchatka. 
9. A. Filix mas (L.) Sw. 
Lastrea Filix mas Presl., Lge. Consp. 
Fl. Groenl. p. 187. FI. D. t. 2740. 
Fronds short stalked, lanceolate, 
subbipinnate, with clusters in the upper 
part. Pinnze declining in size at the 
base of the frond. Stalk and rachis 
more or less clothed with brown scales. 
Indusium entire. 
Am.: West Greenl. 60°—62°(!), East 
Greenland 60° (!). 

Fig. 5. Aspidium fragrans (L.) Sw.; °/, nat. 
size. (Spec. from West Greenland). 
