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The FER>f Lover's Cojipaxiox 



As pill ill III rri.stdhim X iiianji iialf 

 due h[ llie very licsl fur ciiUivuUon 



(5) Boott's Shield Ferx 



Aspidiiim Biiottii. Thelypteris Uoottii 



Dryoptcrix Booftii. Xrphrodiiim Bootlii 



Fronds one to tliree feet higli. oblong-lanceolate, liipin- 

 nate, the upper jiinna' lanceolate, tlie lower triangular with 

 spinulose teeth. Sori in rows each side of the midvein. 

 one to each tooth and often scattering on the lower pin- 

 ules, Inthisinni large, minulely glandular, \-ariablc. 



