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SOFT PRICKLY F E R X . 
HIS species so nearly resembles the last mentioned, that it is difficult to point out the 
|| differences. 
Its roots and rhizome are similar to those of Aculeatum. 
The stem is longer, and the fronds are more delicate, being cut off by the wintry frosts; and the 
pinnae are pinnate instead of pinnatifid. 
Common in woods and in hedge-rows. 
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It is as easily cultivated as the last species. 
