PRICKLY FERN. 87 
16. PRICKLY FERN. Acurratum. 
Syehum aculeatum, Roth. B. F. 111. 
: The caudex is very large, apparently increasing 
slowly with age, and enduring for many years. The 
young. fronds make their appearance in April, the 
e apex being bent backwards, and remarkably 
graceful in its appearance: the pinne as the young 
of three or jog. successive FOS attached to 
The stalk is usually yery short, and is densely clothed 
scales are very large and crowded at 
