JPlend.cr. 1. FILICES. 4. Aspidium. 7 



/S. minor. Smaller in all its parts. 



Filixmasq.F. pumilasaxatilis altera Clusii, iZaiiS^n. 122, 9; ParA;1043, 



Male stonefern. 



S.Aspidium nemorale. Grove shieldfern. 



Frond bipinnate ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, very finely ser- 

 rate ; sori near the midrib ; '^tlj'jes and midrib chaffy. 



Filix mas vulgaris, Rail Syn. J20, 1 ; Park. 1036. 



F. mas non raninsa, piniuil's laiisdensis itiinutim dentatis, Ger.em, 1129. 



Polypodiuni Filix mas, hia. S. P. 1551. 



Aspidium Filix mas, Swartz Syn, Fil.bb. 



Asp. nemorale, Sal. Prod. 403, 



Polysticlium Filix mas. Roth Germ. 3, 82. 



Male fern. Male polypody. 



Woods, heaths, stony places ; peren. June, July. 



Roots csespitose, large, scaly ; frond lanceolate, 3 feet 

 high ; pinnce numerous, upper leaflets joined together ; 

 sori near the ribs especially at the base of the leaflets in a 

 single row, large, prominent, numerous ; involucra um- 

 bilicate, split on one side, the edge folded. 



Root expells the tape-worm, 5j — jij given in powder, in 

 the morning fasting, a gentle purge having been given over 

 night: some give a drastic purge the same moi'ning, others 

 only repeat the medicine daily until the worms are expelled. 

 Frond burned for its alkaline ashes. 



^. cristatum. Engl. Bot. 1949. 



4. Aspidiimi aaileatum. Prickly shieldfern. 



Frond bipinnate ; leaflets ovate, subfalcate, acute, mucro- 

 nato-serrate ; towards the base the upper ones are truncated, 

 the lower ones short and wedgelike; 5on' scattered ; stipes 

 and ribs very chaffy. 



Filix mas non ramosa, pinnulis iatis auiiculatis spinosis. Rati. Syn. 121,2} 

 Ger. cm. II 30. 

 Polypodium aculeatiim, Zinra. S. P. 1552. 

 Polysticliimi aculeatum, Roth Germ. 3, 79. 

 Aspidium aculeatum, Swartz Schr. Jour. 2, 37. 

 Prickly polypody. 



Woods, shady places ; peren. June. 

 Frond 2 feet high, elegant, dark green. This commoti 

 variety transplanted into a garden became similar to y. 



$. muscosum. Leaflets extremely chaffy. 



Filix mas aculeata alis expunsis, muscosa lanugine aspersa Plukeneti, 

 Rati Syn, 121,5. 



y. Camhicum. Leaflets rounder, prickles longer than 

 usual. 



F. mas q. F. lonchitidi affinis Doody, Raii Syn. 121,4. 



