November 4, 1896.] 



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Fig. 58. — Aspidium cristatum X marginale, Davenport. — See page 444. 



1. Aspidium cristatum X marginale ; two-thirds natural size. 2. Pinnule of same, enlarged. 3. Pinna of A. marginale ; two-thirds natural size. 



4. Pinna of A. cristatum ; two-thirds natural size. 5. Root-stock of A. cristatum ; two-thirds natural size. 



(B) Aspidium cristatum x marginale : Root-stock erect, or 

 suberect ; crown central, crosiers densely clothed with 

 pale brown scales. Fig. 36 (1). Fronds (both fertile and 



sterile), upper two-thirds like marginale ; lower one-third, 

 as in cristatum, the upper pinna; long, acuminate. Fig. 

 36 (1). Sori submarginal or medial. Indusia convex. 



