t l^eaves triangular ^ 2-finnatifid, 
* Leaves broader thaji long, 
1. P.hexagonoptera (L. C. Rich.) Fee. 
Flllx mas rachl seu nervo medio alato. Banls, 
Cat. ; Ray, 1688. Hist. PI. 2 : 1926. 
Poly podium hexagojzopterum L, C Rich, ; Mx. 
Fl. 2 : 271. 
Phegopterls hexagono ptera Fee,, 1. c. Eaton,, 
Ferns N. Am. 2 : 147. t. 65 ; in Gray, Man. 
6S6. Underw, in 111. Fl. i: 19; Nat. Ferns 
109 ;in Britt. Man. 16. C/^//^', Ferns 202. Wat, 
Ferns 189. 
Beach Fern. 
Plants 3 dm. or more high ; leaves nearly equilaterally 
triangular; pinnae adnate to the rachis, the lowermost 
sometimes i dm. 1., lanceolate, with crenate-dentate seg- 
ments ; segments of the upper pinnae denticulate or en- 
tire ; sori small near the apices of the free veinlets. 
In open, dry woods. June-August. 
** Leaves longer than broad, 
2, P. connectilis ((L. C. Rich.) Watt. 
Polypodlum phegopterls Sp. PI. 1089. 
P. connectlle L. C. Rich. ; Michx. Fl. 2 : 271, 
Phegopterls pclypcdloldes Fee,, 1. c. 243. Eat^ 
1. c. 2 : 217. t. 75 ; in Gray, 1. c. 686. Clute 
1. c. 200. Waters,, I. c. 184. 
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