Ord. I. Tribe I. FILICES POLYPODIACE^. 
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14550 Fronds simple reniform-orbicular crenate. Both diameters equal 
14551 Frond digitate, Branches pinnate, Pinnee linear-oblong obtuse nearly halved crenate. Stalk smooth 
J4552 Fronds pinnate : pinnae ovate acuminate cuneate at base toothed at end, Sori continuous upon each edge 
14553 Frond pedate. Leaflets pinnate. Pinna; rhomboid-oblong somewhat lunate cut-lobcd 
14554 Fronds bipinnate : pinnules trapezoid-obl. blunt, Sori oblong at the end of the upper edge. Stalk villous 
14555 Fronds bipinnate : pinnules rhomboid oval serrated at end, Sorus lin. solitary on upper edge, Stalk hairy 
14556 Fronds supradecomp. : pinnules trapezoid acum. cut crenate towards end of upper edge, Sori on crenaturca 
14557 Frond alternately decompound : pinnules stalked cuneiform lobed 
14558 Fronds supradecompound : pinnules rhomboid blunt cut lobed on upper edge. Lobes toothl. bearing sori 
14559 Fronds pinn. or bipinn.: pinnte obi. lane, halved truncate at base serrul. Sori on upper edge. Stalk smooth 
14.560 Fronds bipinnate, Lower pinnee bipinnate : pinnules ovate-ellipt. obtuse obsoletely subcordate crenulate 
14561 Fronds bipinn. hairy on each side: pinnules pinnatif ; segments obi. blunt entire, Stalk and rachis hairy 
14562 Fronds bipinnate smooth : pinnules obi. lane, obtuse pinnatifid cut j segments subbifid. Stalk paleaceous 
14563 Fronds tripinnate somewhat villous, Leaflets orbicular very small 
14564 Fronds bipinnate alternate. Leaflets lanceolate pinnatifid, Sori linear oblong 
14565 Fronds 3-parted alternately decompound : segments lanceolate ; those bearing sori obovate 
14566 Fronds supradecompound villous, Leaflets nearly entire. Stem arboreous 
14567 Fronds tripinnate : pinnae tapered ; pinnules oblong blunt pinnatifid. Segments blunt toothed 
14568 Fronds bipinnate: pinnae pinnatifid ; segments toothed, Rachis somewhat hairy 
14569 Fronds tripinnate smooth : pinnules ovate oblong cuneate cut-toothed 
14570 Fronds pinnate : pinnee ovate-oblong pinnatifid ; segments oblong blunt toothletted 
14671 Fronds pinnate remotish : pinnules oblong serrated bulb-bearing beneath ; lower pinnatifid 
14572 Fronds bipinnate: pinnules oblong blunt cut-serrated, Serratures blunt toothletted, Rachis winged 
14573 Fronds bipinn. : pinnules ov. obi. lobed pinnatif. ; segm. linear-oblong blunt nearly entire, Rachis winged 
14574 Fronds bipinn. : pinnules lanceolate acuminate pinnatifid ; segments linear acute serrated, Rachis winged 
14575 Frond lanceolate pinnate : pinnce deeply pinnatifid cut toothed, Rachis quadrangular, Sori lateral 
14576 Fronds tripinnate : pinnules pinnatifid ; segments linear toothed at end 
14577 Fronds simple cordate 3-lobed or ternate : middle larger ; lateral auricled at base 
14578 Fronds pinnate : pinnae ciliate serrate. Stalk strigose 
14579 Fronds pinnate : pinnffi falcate lanceolate serrate truncate at base auricled above [marginal 
14580 Fronds pinn. : pinnas lane, subfalcate cordate at base gibb. and somew. serrul. on upper edge, Sori solitary 
14581 Fronds pinnate : pinn^ ensiform serrated, Serratures half ovate ovate nerved 
14582 Fronds pinn.: pinnae ensiform attenuated at end downy ben. cut. pinnatif Sori almost marginal contiguous 
14583 Fronds pinn.: pinnae pinnatif. ; segm. lane. ac. Lowest of last pinna; longest pinnatif. cut. Veins hairy ben. 
14584 Pinnae pinnatifid somewhat linear : pinnules oblong nearly entire, Sori in rows near the edge of pinna; 
14585 Fronds pinnate : pinnae lanceolate glabrous resinous glandulose beneath pinnatifid ; the segm. lanceolate 
obtuse entire, lowermost ones longer, Sori marginal 
14,586 Fronds pinn. : pinns lin.-lanc. pinnatif glab. : segm. ov. ac. ent. Sori marginal contigu. at length confluent 
14587 Fronds pinnate : pinna subcordate oblong pinnatifid ; segments oblong obtuse dentato-serr. Stalk chafly 
14588 Fronds bipinnate : pinnules rigid ovate sublunate acum. aristate oblique and cuneate at base and docurr.; 
the margins faintly serrated spinulose with a tooth near the base on upper side. Stalk and rachis chaffy 
14589 Fronds bipinnate : pinnules oblong obtuse decurrent crenate. Crenatures of base deepest, Sori marginal 
14590 Fronds bipinn. : pinnules obi. obt. serrat. mutic. Sori near the central nerve. Stalk and rachis chaft'y 
14591 Fronds bipinnate : pinnules scarcely rigid ovate rather obt. aristate truncate at base which has a lobe on 
the upper margin shortly petiolate ; the margin deeply serrated and spinulose. Stalk and rachis chaffy 
and Miscellaneous Pariiculars. 
■ 2199. Aspidium. From aff-xn, a little buckler, on account of the form of the indusia. Fouffere Fr 
Johanms wurtzel, Ger., Feli Maschia, Ital, and Poh/podio Helecho Masculino, Span. The male lern is 
common to Europe, in shady places and woods. The root consists of many matted fibres, forming a turfy or 
casspitose head, of the thickness of the finger, blackish and scaly. It has been celebrated from time immemorial 
as a specific for worms. It apnears to have been used as such by Theophrastus, Dioscorides, and Galen • but 
seems to have been neglected by the moderns, with the exception of empiric practitioners, until the publication 
of Madame Nufer's specific for the tape-worm by the French go^ernment again brought it into notice 
According to her plan of administering it, from one to three drachms of the powdered root were directed to 
be taken in a large cupful of water in the morning, while the patient was in bed ; and two hours af terwards a 
strong cathartic of calomel and gamboge, proportioned to the age and strength of the patient, was given : and 
It necessary, the further operation was promoted by a dose of purging salts ; nothing but broth being taken till 
the worms came away. If this, however, did not happen on the same day, the process was ordered to be re- 
peated on the next day. In the present state of medical science, oil of turpentine is considered a certain specific 
for expelling ta?nia. [Thom. Land. Disp. * 
Aspidum Baromez is the famous Scythian lamb, of which so many fables have been related. Although it 
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