A Dictionary of Choice Ferns. 
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LYGODIUM — continued. 
furnished with numerous pairs of leaflets, all disposed ex- 
actly opposite, the primary petiole being only ^in. long and 
Fig. 1 02. Lygodium scandens, a slender growing,'bushy habited 
species that produces young shoots all along' the stems. 
the secondary ones ^in. long. The leaflets are composed of a 
terminal segment and from four to six lateral ones on each 
side; these are of a firm, almost leathery, texture, either 
