The Ferx Lover's Coaipaxiox 111 



(2) Bkaun's Holly Feun 

 I'ohjdichum Brdiinii. A-'tpidiinn anileatum Brdiniii 



Fronds thick, rigid, one to two feet long, s])reading, 

 lanceolate, tapering both ways, bipinnate. J'innules ovate 

 or oblong, trnncate, nearly rectangular at the base, 

 sharjjly toothed and covered l)encath willi cliaff and hairs. 

 Fruit -dots small and near the niid\eins. Indusiuni orliicu- 

 lar, entire. Stipes chaffy with lirown scales. 



This handsome fern is ratlier common in nortliern New 

 England. We lia\'e collected it in the Willoughliy Fake 

 region, A't., and it is found at INIt. ]\[ansfield, r{andol])h, 

 and elsewhere in that state; also at (lorham, N. H., and 

 Fernald rejiorts it as common in northern iXIaine. It 

 also grows in the mountains of New ^'ork and Penn- 

 syh'ania, and westward. It was formerly thought to lie 

 a variety of the prickly shield fern (P. (inilcdfum), which 

 has a ^•ery wide range and numerous ^'arieties. The 

 fronds remain green thi'ougli tlic winter but the stijies 

 weaken and fall o\"er. 



(3) HoLLV Fern. Poh/sticluun LoncJutis 



Fronds linear-lanceolate, short -stalked and rigid, eight 

 to fifteen inches long. Pinna' broadly lanceolate-falcate 

 or the lowest triangular, strongly auricled on the upper 

 side, densely s])inulose-tootlied. Hori midway lietween 

 the margin and midrib. 



The name liolly fern suggests its resemblance to holly 

 lea^-es with their bristle-tijiped teeth. The .specific name 

 lonclntix (like a spear) refers to its shar]) teeth. A northern 

 species growing in rocky woods from Labrador to Alaska, 



