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Varieties of this fern are seldom seen. The only one I 
have ever found being a simple fork at the end of one of the 
pinnae. 
USES. 
Dioscorides and Gerard say “ it is a remedy to root up 
hairs ” on the body — what we moderns term a “depilatory.” 
LOCALITIES. 
Lofthouse (Mr. Forrest). Netherton. I likewise 
discovered it at Heath, but it has been destroyed by the 
re-opening of a stone quarry. Soothill Wood (Mr. S. 
Bruce.) 
