Q2 FERNS OF KENTUCKY. 
latter. With their finely-dissected lobes the fronds are 
exceedingly elegant, and render it specially desirable for 
interior decoration. ‘They are about two feet and a half 
high, oblong- ovate, twice pinnate, with pinnatifid pinnules. 
The lobes are furnished with very small spinous teeth, 
which are much more marked in some plants than in 
others. The base of the stipe is covered with a number 
of large, membranaceous, dark brown scales. 
The Plate represents a small frond of full size; the spiny 
tooth is scarcely definite enough. 
