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The Ferx Lo\er"s Co.mpaxi 



Ostrich Fern. Oiiorica Slnilliuipiirix. Fi-rtile Fronds 



(_') OsTKic'ii Fern 



Oiioclea struthiopteris. Pteuetis nodulosa 



Stntihiopteris Germunica. Maticiiccia druihiopteris 



Fronds two to eiglit feet high growing in a crown; 

 broadly lanceohite. pinnate, the nun;erous ]iinna' deeply 

 pinnatifid. narrowed toward the channeled stipe. PVrtile 

 fronds shorter, pinnate with margins of the ])inna' revolute 

 into a necklace form containing the sori. 



