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45. EVERGREEN WOOD FERN 



Aspidium marginaU 



Very common, usually rather large, smooth, somewhat leathery, 

 fronds ovate oblong, 1-2 pinnate, fruit-dots large, distinct, close to 

 the margin. In rocky woods. P. 176. 



46. FRAGRANT SHIELD FERN 



Aspidium fragrans 



Small, fragrant, fronds once-pinnate, with pinnatifid pinnae, stalk 

 and rachis chaffy, fruit-dots large. On rocks northward, especially 

 near waterfalls. P. 178. 



47. BRAUN'S HOLLY FERN 



Aspidium aculeatum var. Braunii 



Rather large, fronds oblong-lanceolate, twice-pinnate, pinnules 

 sharply toothed, covered with long, soft hairs, fruit-dots small. In 

 deep, rocky woods. P. 182. 



48. COMMON POLYPODY 



Polypodium vulgare 



Usually small, fronds somewhat leathery, narrowly oblong, fruit- 

 dots large, round, uncovered, half-way between midvein and mar- 

 gin. On rocks. P. 184. 



HAY-SCENTED FERN 



Dicksonia pilosiuscula 

 [See No. 23] 



49. LONG BEECH FERN 



Phegopteris polypodioides 



Medium-sized, fronds downy, triangular, longer than broad, once- 

 pinnate, pinnae pinnatifid ; lowest pair deflexed and standing for- 

 ward. In moist woods and on the banks of streams. P. 1 87. 



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