Plate II. 
9. Spleenwort. Asplenium trichomancs. 3 to 8 in. ; stem brown. 
10. Spleenwort. Asplenium ebeneum. 8 to 16 in. ; stem brown. 
11. Shield Fern. Aspidium ( Polystichum ) lonchitis. 9 to 20 in.; evergreen; 
short stemmed ; fruit dots round, on under side of almost all leaves. 
12. Wood Fern. Aspidium acrostiehoides. 1 to 2*^ ft.; bright 
shining, evergreen : fruit dots round, on under side of upper 
leaves only ; long stem. 
Aspidium cristatum. 1 to 2 1 3 ft.; dull dark green, evergreen ; fruit 
dots round and large. 
14. 
Woodsia obtusa. 6 to 12 in. ; fruit dots globular. 
