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Stolopbrhtm Mprt 
HART’S TOXGTTE 
)HE appearance of this fern is very different from the generality, the frond being one undivided 
leaf. 
The young fronds appear in the spring, and remain evergreen for many years. 
The rhizome is tufted. The stem is one-third the length of the frond, black, and covered with 
bristly scales. The frond is from six inches to two feet long, and entirely undivided. The seed is 
produced in oblong clusters on the under surface, and diagonally to the mid-vein. 
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On shady hedge-rows, in damp ditches, and occasionally on walls, abundant. 
There are several very interesting varieties. The fronds are sometimes very much divided at 
the top, and sometimes crisped at the edges. 
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It is easily cultivated. 
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