x LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
A FORM FROM SUNNY THICKETS. . . é 
A WOODLAND FORM. . 
THE HAUNTS OF THE LADY FERN. . . 
SILVERY SPLEENWORT. <léhyrium.thelypteroides. we 
SILVERY SPLEENWORT. “Athyrium thelypteroides. 
FRUITING PINNA. . . . 
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NARROW-LEAVED SPLEENWORT. <sflenium angustifolium, Sterile 
frond. 
PHEGOPTERIS DRYOPTERIS. INITIAL. 
THE COMMON POLYPODY, olypodium vulgare. Plate VI. 
COMMON POLYPODY. /oelypodium vulgare. 
GRAY POLYPODY. olyfodium incanum. ss . 
BEECH FERN. S4egopteris polypodioides. 
BEECH FERN. /“%egopteris polypodioides. 
BROAD BEECH FERN, hegopteris hexagonoptera. 
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THE BROAD BEECH FERN IS A LOVER OF DEEP, SHADY WOOD- 
LANDS.” i z 
COMMON BLADDER FERN. Cystopteris fragilis. . 
CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS. A rare form of frond. 
BULBIFEROUS BLADDER FERN. Cystopteris bulbifera. 
COMMON BLADDER FERN. Cy'stopteris fragilis. a 
MOUNTAIN BLADDER fae Cystopteris montana. 
COMMON CHAIN FERN. /Voodwardia Virginica, 
WOODWARDIA VIRGINICA. A fruiting pinna. 
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NARROW-LEAVED CHAIN FERN, Woodwardia pee on Fertile 
and sterile fronds. 
THE BULBIFEROUS BLADDER FERN, Cystopteris bulbifera. 
BOULDER FERN, Déchsonta pilosiuscula. 
BOULDER FERN, Décksonia pilosiuscula. ‘“ 
A FRUITING PINNA, . . 
CHEILANTHES VESTITA. 2 = 3 - 
CHEILANTHES TOMENTOSA. . ) * ® 
CHEILANTHES LANUGINOSA. . . . . 
CHEILANTHES ALABAMENSIS. 
YOUNG FRONDS. . 
MAIDENHAIR FERN. 4 @zavtrrm Poe 
“oN MOIST SHADED SLOPES IN LOW WOODS.” 
A FRUITING PINNULE. 5 
VENUS-HAIR FERN. 4@iantum er en 
SENSITIVE FERN. Oxoclea sensibilis. Young fronds. 
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