Goi.dik's FkPvN, 
Plants 6-15 dm. li^gh ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, some- 
times nearly 2-pinnate below ; pinnae sometimes 1.5 cm. 
I., 'deeply pinnatifid; illtimate segments oblong, acute, 
crenate-dentate. 
In moist o o d s ; r a re . 
Baltimore Co., Md., JF<7/^r5 ; near Washington, Ward, Vasey ; 
White Top Mountain, Va., Small. 
ttt Leaves 2-plnnatifLd'\ pijinae linear^ ovate or Ian- 
ceolate^ widest at the base. 
5. D. cristata (L.) A. Gray. PI. 6. 
Poly podium cristattim il, 1. c. 1090. 
Aspidium cristatuni Sw. 1. c. 37. Eaton.^ 1. c. 
2: 153. t. 66; in Gray, 1. c. 688. Clute^ 1. c. 
^39- 
JVephr odium cristatum L., C. RieJi. ; Michx. 
Fl. 2: 269. Waters.^ 1. c. 225. 
Dryopteris cristata A. Gray., 1848. Man. 631. 
Underw. in 111. Fl. i : 16 ; Nat, Ferns 113; in 
Britt. 1. c. 15. 
Cricsted FePvN. 
I have never seen the typical D. crhtata in our reoion. Closely 
allied forms are found in Marvland and Virginia. However Mr. 
Neivman [Hist. Brit. Fei"ns 205 18^4.] speaks of this species as 
follows : This fern is of common occurrence on the continent oi 
Euiope, and throughout the United States of North America. I 
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