| cp tinccleacall 
; : 
CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICEs. 207 
390. POLYPODIUM, Swartz, Synop. filic. 3. 
Sori (or small clusters of capsules) roundish, 
scattered. Indusitum none.—.NVutt. 
1. P. frond deeply pinnatifid ; segments linear-lan- vulgare. 
ceolate, obtuse, crenulate, near together, upper 
ones gradually smaller; sore solitary ; caudex 
paleaceous.— Willd. 
Icon. Schk. filic. t. 11. 
Common Polypody. 
" On rocks in the neighbourhood, and in woods; common. 
Perennial. July. 
2. P. fronds deeply pinnatifid ; segments lanceo- Virginicum. 
late, obtuse, very entire, near together, upper 
ones gradually smaller; sore solitary ; caudex 
naked.— Willd. 
Icon. Petiv. filic. t. 7. f. 9. Plum. Amer. t. 
36. filic. t. 77. (Pursh.) 
Virginia Polypody. 
Resembles the preceding very much, and grows with it. It 
is perhaps no more than a variety. Perennial. July. 
5. P. fronds bipinnate, somewhat smooth ; pinnae hexagonopte- 
two, deflexed below; segments lanceolate, ob- 
tuse, ciliated—of the lower pinnz incised-cre- 
nate, of the upper very entire, lower ones ad- 
nate-decurrent ; sore minute, solitary.— Willd. 
Icon. Pluk. alm. t. 284. f. 2. Schk. filic. t. 
20. b. 
S damp shady woods, among other ferns ; rare. Perennial. 
July. 
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