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2.— POLYPODIUM PHEGOPTERIS. 
BEECH FERN. WOOD POLYPODY. SUN FERN. 
(Plate I, fig. 3.) 
Cha. — Frond bipinnatifid. Lower pinnse deflexed. Lobes obtuse, 
entire, bairy. 
Syn. — Polypodium phegopteris of Linn., Willd., Swz., Spreng., Huds., Light/., 
Bolt., With., Smith, Hook., Mack., Newm. — Polystichum phegopteris, 
Roth. — Polypodium latebrosum, Gray, Salisb. 
Fig. — E.B. 2224. — Bolt., 20 {not good). — Flo. Dan. 1241. 
Des. — Root perennial, hairy, slender, creeping horizontally. 
Frond triangular, herbaceous, erect, hairy, 6 to 12 inches high. 
Pinnae opposite, very acute, adnate, the lower pair bent forwards, 
pendulous, and distant from the pair next above them. The lobes 
of all are obtuse, entire, and directed towards the point of the 
pinna, particularly the two lowest, which with those on the opposite 
pinna form a cross. The rachis is smooth, and without pinnae on 
the lower half. Sori round, distinct, very small, brown, and seated 
around the margin of the lobes. 
The pendulous character of the lower pinnae, and the cruciform direction of 
their bases are most apparent in vigorous plants, and serve as characters which 
immediately distinguish this plant from its congeners. 
Sit. — In moist woods and rocky dells, chiefly in mountainous countries. 
Hab. — Eng. : ltocks at the foot of Cheviot, above Langley Ford, Mr. Winch. 
Cawsey Dean, Durham, Mr. R. B. Bowman. Around Keswick, Cumb., Mr. 
II. C. Watson. Wensley-dale, Yorks., Mr. J. Ward. Commou about Settle, 
Yorks., Mr. J. Tatham. Prestwich Clough and Boghart Clough, Lancashire, Mr. 
Merrick. Egerton Moss, near Bolton, Mr. W. Christy. Rocks at the Belle Hag, 
one mile from Sheffield, G. F. Norwood, Surrey, and near Brentford, Middx., 
Mr. J. Bevis. Lidford Fall, Beckey Fall, Dartmoor, Devon, Jones's Tour. Isle 
of Man, Mr. E. Forl/es. — Wales : Llanberris, first and second field towards 
Snowdon, Mr. C. C. Babington. Capel Curig, North Wales, Mr. T. II. Cooper. 
Frequent in Caern., not at any considerable elevation, Mr. W. Wilson. — 
Scot. : Grampians, Aberdeensh., Red Caird Hill, W. of Invernesshire up to 
1150 yds., Forfarshire, Sutherland, Dumbarton, and other parts of the Highlands, 
Mr. It. C. Watson. Moray, and Rosshire, Rev. G. Gordon. Ben Lomond. Prof. 
Henslow. Ruberslaw, Jedburgh, &c. — Campsie, near Glasgow, Mr. T. H. 
Cooper.- — Ire. : Powerscourt Waterfall (right-hand side), Mr. O. Kelly. Water- 
fall above Lough Eske. co. of Donegal, and at other places in the northern 
counties, Mr. Mackay. 
Geo. — Throughout Germany, and indeed most European countries as far 
north as Lapland, but not in the South countries. Linnaeus received specimens 
from Canada. 
