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Plate II.

9. Spleenwort. Asplenium trichomanes. 3 to 8 in.; stem brown.

10. Spleenwort. Asplenium ebeneum. 8 to 16 in.; stem brown.

11. Shield Fern. Aspidium (Polystichum) lonchitis. 9 to 20 in.; evergreen; short stemmed; fruit dots round, on under side of almost all leaves.

12. Wood Fern. Aspidium acrostichoides. 1 to 2½ ft.; bright shining, evergreen; fruit dots round, on under side of upper leaves only; long stem.

13. ——— Aspidium cristatum. 1 to 2½ ft.; dull dark green, evergreen; fruit dots round and large.

14. ——— Woodsia obtusa. 6 to 12 in.; fruit dots globular.