** Jeaves longer than broad. 
2. P. connectilis (L.C. Rich.) Watt. 
Polypodium phegopterts L. Sp. Pl. 1089, 
P. connectile L. C. Rich.; Michx. Fl. 2: 271. 
Phegopteris polypodioides Fee, \. c. 243. Haton, 
loc. 2: 217. t. 75; in Gray 1. c. 686. Clute, l.c. 
200. Waters, \. c. 184. 
P. phegopteris Underw.; Small, Bull. Torr. Cl. 
20: 462. Underw. in Ill. Fl. 1: 19; Nat. Ferns 
108; in Britt. l. c. 16. 
P. connectilis Watt, 1869. Canad. Nat. Ser. 2. 4: 
RO 
BEAcH FERN. 
Plants 3 dm. or higher; leaves pubescent on the veins 
below; lowermost pinnae less than 1 dm. long, segments 
entire or nearly so. 
In recent Manuals this fern is reported growing as far 
south as the mountains of Virginia. I have colle@ed it 
in Vermont where itiscommon. I have seen specimens 
from Watkin’s Glen, N. Y., and Ganoga Lake, Pa. 
tt Leaves ternate. 
3. P. dryopteris (L.) Fee. Pl. 4. 
Polypodium dryopteris L. 1. c. 1093. ; 
Phegopteris dryopteris Fee,\. c. 243. Eaton, 1. 
c. 1: 157. t. 21; in Gray 1. c.686. Underw., in 
Ill. Fl 1: 19; Nat. Ferns 109; in Britt. 1. c. iy 
Clute,1.c. 203. Waters, 1. c. 194. 
Oak FErn. 
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