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POLYSTICHUM. 



POLYSTICHUM LONCHITIS. (Sw.) Caudex short, stout oblique, densely paleaceous as are the short stipites, and lower 

 portion of the rachis with ferruginous large scales, fronds 6-18 inches long, densely tufted, erect rigid lanceolate tapering at both ends 

 pinnated, pinnae numerous, approximate from a broad nearly sessile obliquely truncated base, ovate or lanceolate, falcate acute rather than 

 acuminate spinuloso-serrate, the superior base truncated and auriculate, sori confined to upper portion of the frond in two or more series 

 upon the pinnse.Z?oo£. Sp. Fil. iv. 8 Sw. Syn. Fil p. 43. Willd. Sp. PL iv. p. 224. Sm. Fil, Brit. p. 1118. Engl. Fil. iv. p. 284. Schh. Fil. 

 p. 29,/. 29, Metten. Aspid.p. 41JIook. Et. Am. Brit. Fl. ed. 8. p. 582, Hook Brit Ferns, t. 9 ;—Polypodium,Zm?i. Sp. PI. p. \5i8,EngL 

 Bot. t. 796. Polystichum, Both. FL 1. Germ. iii. p. 71. Presl. Moore Brit Ferns Nat. Print, t. 9. 



The specimen figured is from the N, W. Himalaya — (Dr. Stewart.) 



Hab, Temperate and cooler parts of Europe, Michigan, XL States, Lake Superior, British Columbia, 1ST. W. India; 



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