The Ferx Lover's Companion 



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Sori of Lady Fern. Athyrium aiigii-'^tiiin 



Rootstocks horizontal, <[uite concealed hy the thick, 

 fleshy bases of old fronds. Scales of the lon<;', tufted stipes 

 dark brown. Indusiuni cuI•^'ed, often horseshoe-shaped, 

 usually toothed or fringed with fine hairs, but without 

 glands. Fronds bipinnate, one to three feet high, widest 

 near the middle. 



This is the common species of northern New England 

 and the Canadian Provinces. The fronds differ very 

 widely in form and a great many ^'arieties have been 

 pointed out, but the fern student, ha\'ing first learned to 



