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riband-like frond, wifcli tlie true fern carl in its 

 young state, and with very long sori (Fig. 113) on 

 the back. Occasionally you will find the hart's- 



Fie. 115.— Horse-tail, fertile spike, a, fruotifieaKon. 



tongue fronds forked at the extremity, and very 

 variable in length, from one foot to three. Th6 

 bracken or brake cannot escape you, as it is perhaps 



