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Habitats. Damp woods, rocky places and stone walls. 
Rare in the eastern and midland counties 
and in Ireland. 
GROUP I; GENUS XI; SPECIES V. 
POLYPODIUM VULGARE. (Common Polypody.) 
Plate XIV. 
Fronds. Lanceolate or triangular, pinnatifid nearly 
down to the mid-rib. Lobes linear, rounded 
at the apices, very slightly serrated. Sori of a 
bright orange colour and very conspicuous. 
Rachis and stipes green ; the latter not quite 
as long as the leafy portion of the frond. 
Growth. Erect. Fronds springing from a thick, 
creeping rhizoma, which is scaly when 
young, but bare after the first year. 
Height. From six to eighteen inches. 
Colour. Pale green when young; darker when 
mature. 
Habitats. Hedges, walls, rocks and trunks of trees. 
Common throughout the kingdom. 
