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3-5 inches long, deeply pinnatifid, each of the crowded lobes 

 bearing 3-6 pairs of oblong fruit-dots. — Eich woods. 



5. A. angUStifo'lium, Miohx. Not evergreen. Fronds 

 simply pinnate, somewhat resembling Aspidium acrosti- 

 choides, but very smooth and thin, and larger. Pinnae oren- 

 ulate, short-stalked. Fruit-dots linear, crowded. — Eich 

 woods; not common. 



* * Indusium curved, delicate, often crossing tlie vein, thus appearing 

 reniform. 



6. A. FiliX - foe'mlna, Bemh. Fronds 1-3 feet high, 

 broadlylanceolate in outline, twice-pinnate, the pinnae lanceo- 

 late in outline, and the pinnules confluent by a narrow 

 margin on the rhachis of the pinna, doubly serrate. Indv,- 

 sium curved, often shaped something like a horse-shoe, 

 owing to its crossing the vein and becoming attached to both 

 sides of it. — Kich woods. 



6. TTOODWARD'IA, Smith. Chain Fern. 

 W. Virgin'iea, Smith. Fronds 2-3 feet high, pinnate ; 

 pinnae lanceolate, pinnatifid. Veins forming a single row 

 of meshes next the midrib. — Wet swamps. 



7. SCOlOPEX'DllirM, Smith, Hart's Tongue. 

 S. VUlga're, Smith. Frond simple, bright green, a foot 

 or more in length, and an inch or more in width. — Shaded 

 ravines and limestone cliffs ; not very common. 



8. CAMPTOSO'KITS, Link. Walking-Leaf. 

 C. rhizophyi'lus, Link. A curious little fern, growing in 

 tufts on shaded limestone rooks.. Frond simple, with a very 

 long narrow point. — not very common. 



9. POEGOP'TERIS, Ffio. BEECH FERN. 

 1. P. polypodioi'des, F6e. Fronds triangular, longer 

 than broad, 4-6 inches long, hairy on the veins, twice-pin- 

 natifid, the rhachis winged. The pinnae sessile, linear-lance- 

 olate in outline, the lowest pair deflexed and standing for- 

 wards. Fruit-dots small and-tsK neaifHhe margin. Stipes 

 rather longer than the fronds, from a- slender, creeping 



