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vqttitina t. PTERIS frondibus fupradecompofitis, foliollspia- 

 natis, pinnis lanceolatis j infiniis pinnatifidis, fa- 

 perioribus minoribus. Sp.pl. 1533. 'Ger. em. 

 1 1 2 8 . /. 2 . Moris, hifi. J. 14. /. 4, /. 3 . Blackwell 

 '• 3250 "d or -i "'-^ -'-/ -; b-:.. 

 Female Fern, or Brakes, Anglis, .->,,* 

 Raineach. Gaiilis,- .-.■ ...,. ^,^.„,,» ,;. 

 Brachens. Scotis. 



In woods, heaths, and rough ftony foils abun- 

 ,„j;';';'dantly. 14. VII. VIII. 

 ^ j^^ ' The root is branched, yellow, and creeping; and, 

 ;- ->{ f'^^ ,.if cut obliquely, exhibits, in two fufcous lines, 

 the figure of a crofs, or, as fome have fancied, 

 the imperial or fpreading eagle, which induced 

 Linnaus to apply to it the trivial name of Aqui' 

 Jina. The ftalk varies from two to five feet in 

 height, and is nearly quadrangular ; the angles 

 ^.Llih'D^. obtufe. This ftalk is firft of all alternately 

 f. .">r;ri branched, and thefe branches are doubly pin- 

 'V'lv'.o zc jiate : the pinnuU, or ultimate fubdivifions, are 

 felTile, lanceolate, nervous, ftiff, and generally 

 quite entire, and coalefcent at the bafe. The 

 uppermofl terminating lobe is longer and wider 

 than £he reft, and is often either femipinnate, or 

 auriculated at the bafe. The frudlifications grow 

 in a hairy line, on the under fide, all round the 

 edges of the pinnules. The capfules are glo- 

 bular, and are covered at firft with a membrane, 

 which gives way when the capfules arc ripe. 



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