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Height. From four to eight inches. 
Colour. Vivid green. 
Habitats. Rocky shady situations in the north and 
west of England, Wales and Scotland. This 
fern often grows very luxuriantly close to 
water-falls and mountain streams. 
(See also page 54.) 
GROUP I; GENUS XI; SPECIES IV. 
POLYPODIUM PHEGOPTERIS. (Beech Pern.) 
Plate XV. 
hR onds. Triangular and tapering; pinnate in the 
lower, and pinnatifid in the upper portion of 
the frond. Pinnae linear-lanceolate, deeply 
pinnatifid, tapering to a point; the lowest pair 
rather distant, and always deflexed. Lobes 
oblong, and, in large specimens, notched on 
the margin. Rachis and stipes green and 
slightly scaly ; the latter often twice as long 
as the rest of the frond. 
Growth. Drooping and pendulous. Rhizoma slender 
and dark-coloured. 
Height. 
From six to twelve inches. 
Colour. Pale green. 
