48 FERNS OF KENTUCKY. 
rocks “around a small well-like depression, eight or ten 
feet deep, on the eastern part of the ridge in which Short 
Cave is situated, not far from Diamond Cave.” The spec- 
imens from the latter locality are much larger than those 
from Estill County. 
The Plate shows a plant of natural size, with the fronds 
in different stages of development. 
