P, phegopteris Underw, ; Small^ Bull. Torr. CI. 
20:463. Underw,\\\ Ill.Fl.i : 19; Nat Ferns 
108 ; in Hritt. 1. c. 16. 
P, connect He Watt^ 1869. Can. Nat. Ser. 2. 4 : 
363- 
Beach Fkrn. 
Plants 3 dm. or more high; leaves triangular, pube- 
scent on the veins below; lowest pinnae less than i dm. 
long, segments entire or nearly so. 
In recent Manuals this fern is reported growing as far 
south as the mountains of Virginia. I have collected it 
in Vermont where it is common. I have seen specimens 
from Watkin's Glen, N. Y., and Ganoga Lake, Pa. 
tt f^eaves ternate, 
3. P. dryopteris (L.) Fee. PI. 4. 
Polypodium dryopteiHs L. 1. c. 1093. 
Phegopteris dryopteris Fee^ L c. 243. Eatcn^ 
1. c. I : 157. t. 21 ; in Gray, 1. c. 686. Und, 
in 111. Fl. I : 19; Nat. Ferns 109; in ih'itt. 1. 
CI 7. Clute^ 1. c. 203. Waters^ 1. c. 194. 
Oak Fern. 
Plants 3 dm. or more high ; the divisions of the ternate 
leaf 2-pinnatifid ; pinnae sessile or nearly so, segments 
rounded. 
Collected on Stony Man Mountain, Va., hy Palmer 'dud King, 
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