Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



ASPIDIUM OEEOPTEPJS. 



SWARTZ. SCHKUHR. SmITH. HoOKER AND ArNOTT. 



Mackay. Willdenow. Sprengel. 



PLATE XVII. VOL. VI. 



Lastrea oreopteris, 



" montana, 

 Aspidium odoriferum, 

 Polypodium oreopteris, 

 " montanum, 



" thlypteris, 



" fragrans, 



" pteroides, 



" limbospermum, 



Polystichum montanum, 

 " oreopteris, 



HemestJieum montanum, 



Peesl. Babington. Deakin. 



SOWEEBY. MOOEE. NeWMAN. 



MooEE. Newman. 



Geay. 



Eehaet. Smith. 



Voglee. 



Hudson. Bolton. 



Hudson, {not Linn^us.) 



YlLLAES. 



Allioni. 



Roth. 



De Candolle. 



Newman. 



Aspidium — The Shield Fern. 



Oreopteris — Mountain Fern. 



In the Section Lastrea of Authors. 



The Mountain Buckler Fern is an interesting species, found 



chiefly in damp mountainous places, yet also in bogs and marshes 



along with Aspidium cristattim. A widely-spread species, being 



exceedingly common in Scotland and the north of England. 



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