3^44 C R Y P T O G A M I A, 
Filix mafciila. Male Polypody or Fern with a bipinnate 
branch, obtule, crenulatcd pinnula^, aad a pakacepus. 
fti; es. Per. 
Fontanum. Rock Polypody with lanccolatcd, pinnate ^ 
branches, roiindifh leaves and fmooth ftipes. 
Famina. Female Poypody with a bipinnate branch, 
lanceolated, pinnatifid, acute pinnulae. Per. 
Aciileatum. Prickly Polypody with a bipinnate branch, 
lanceolated, oval, dentated, ciliated wings, and ftrigofe 
fl'pes Per. 
Lohatum. Lohed Polypody with a bipinnate branch, 
lanceolated, oval, ciliated wings and itrigofe ffcipes. Per. 
Criftatum. Crefted Polypody with bipinnated branches, 
oval, oblong fegments, obtufe wings, acutely ferrated at. 
the apex. In moift 'fhady places. Per. 
Rhceticum. Stone Polypody with a bipinnate branch, 
the fegments and wings acutely fowed. On rocky 
mountains in IVefi. ' * 
Fragile. Brittle Polypody with a bipinnate branch, 
remote fegments, and round ifh cut wings. Per. 
Bryepteris. Branched Polypody with a decompound 
branch, and the iegments bipinnate by threes. In dry 
ftony places in TcrkJJi. Lan. JVeft. and Cm:b. Hudson. 
A D I A N T H U M. 
The fru6lifxCations are placed in oval fpots, the points 
of the leaves being reflex. 
Capillus Veneris. Frue Maidenhair decompound 
branches*, alternate leaves; the wings ihaped like wed- 
ges. On rocks mod commonly. Per. 
Frepeziferme. Uiining Maidenhair with decompound 
branches, alternate leaves, wmgs cut like a rhomb, 
bearing fruit oti both fides, in Scotland. R. Sy, 
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