10 The Fern Lover's Compaxiox 



Asplenium Type 40 



Athyrium Type 40 



Sporangia of the Five Families 41-42 



Indusium 41 



Common Poly])o(ly. Poli/i>odiiim riihjarc .44 



Sori of Polyi)0(ly 41 



Polypody in ma-s (Greenwood) 45 



Gray Polypody. Pohipodium incaiiinii 46 



Brake. Bracken. Sterile Frond 48 



Bracken. Fertile Frond 4i) 



Bracken, va-. ])xcudi)caiidatn 51 



Spray of iNIaidenliair 52 



Sori of Maidenhair 53 



Maidenhair. Adiuiitiim pcdatiim 54 



Alpine ^Maidenhair 55 



Venus-Hair Fern. Adiaiitiiin cainlliis-i-ciuri-f 57 



Purple Cliff Brake. Felltta atntpiirjuiria 59 



Dense Cliff Brake. Cryptograinma dciisa (51 



Slender Cliff Brake. Cri/ptograiniiia Sfclliri 63 



Parsley Fern, ('ri/jiidfiramma acr(.i«tirliiiidcx 64 



Alabama Lip Fern. CJicilanthcs (dahaiiifiisix 66 



Hairy Lip Fern. C'liiilantliCf: /fimwn 67 



Slender Lip Fern. Clicilanthes Fi:r> 69 



Pimue' of Slender Li]) Fern 70 



Powdery Cloak Fern, ^^oihola'iia dcalliata .... .72 



Common Chain Fern, fl'oodwardia virgiiiica .... 73 



Net-veined Chain Fern. Woodwardia arrolatu 75 



The Spleenworts 77 



Piniiatifid Spleenwort. Asjilciiiiiiii pIniKdiJidiiiii . . 79 



Scott's Spleenwort. Asj/lcniinn clitiioidis' SO 



Green Spleenwort. Asplenitnn tiridr .81 



Maidenhair Spleenwort. Asplcniiim Triclioniaiics 82 



Maidenhair Spleenwort. Aspleiiiiiiii TricJiomanes (Feruevy) S3 



Ebony Spleenwort. Asjilenium plati/iii:iiron 85 



Bradley'.s Spleenwort. Asplenium liradlri/i S6 



Mountain Spleenwort. A.ipleiihiiii iiionianutii 88 



Rue Spleenwort. Asplenitnn Ruta-iiiiirarin . . 89 



Rootstock of Lady Fern (Two parts) 92 



