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this cross. (See woodcut). Afterwards the forks alternate 
for nine inches in good specimens, then for two inches ; the 
pinnse for two inches are in no respect forked, when the 
head itself becomes divided and tasseled. This plant much 
resembles in its leaflets and stiff leathery texture the 
Common Prickly Pern (Polystichum Aculeatum). At the 
basal portion of the frond the leaflets lap over one another ; 
higher up they are not so crowded. Por the height of a 
