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The Fekx Lc^veh's C'ompaxiox 



identify the species, will gradually master the few leading 

 varieties as he meets them. 



Those growing- in warm, snnny ])laces where the frnit- 

 dots when mature incline to cover the whole hack of the 

 frond are called "sun forms." These are varieties typi- 

 cuM and ELATii s, hoth with the pinna? olilicjuely ascentl- 

 ing (including Aariety amjii.-ituiu of D. C. Eaton). l.iut the 

 latter has broader fronds with the ])innules of the sterile 

 fronds ol)long-lanceolate. somewhat acute ami strongly 

 toothed or pinnatifid. 



Yar. RUBELLUM hastlie sori distinct e\"en when mature; 

 its pinnules stand at a wide angle from tlie rachis of the 

 pinna and are strongly toothed or pinnatitid with obtuse 



Varieties of Lady Fern 

 Left to right — 1st and 2nd. Var. typicum; Jd. datius; ith, 

 [urn; 5th, uncertain, perhaps confertum 



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