Polypodium Vulgare, Lmnceus . 
^COMMON POLYPODY. 
Root — Radicles dark brown, long and fibrous ; rhizome 
long and creeping, covered with a scaly cuticle. 
Frond — Linear-lanceolate, deeply pinnatifid. 
Stipes — About one-third the length of the frond, arti- 
culated at the base. 
Pink® — Linear, alternate, serrated more or less deeply 
at the margin, rounded at the apex. 
Venation — Midvein sinuous, lateral veins alternate, three 
or four times branched. 
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Fructification — Circular clusters of capsules on each 
side the midvein, capsules generally on the upper part of 
the frond only. 
Habitat — On old trees, hedges, walls, roofs, and ledges 
of rocks, common. 
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