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Plate VII.

26. ——— Dicksonia punctilobula (pilosiuscula). 2 ft.; hairy, tapering gradually to a fine point; roundish sawteeth; fruit dots cup-shaped, globular.

27. Female Fern. Asplenium filix-fœmina. 1 to 3 ft.; smooth, short pointed, sharp toothed; fruit dots oblong or half-moon shaped.

There are several varieties, one smaller with only short sawtoothed leaflets, one larger with long curved leaflets.

28. Bladder Fern. Cystopteris bulbifera. 1 to 2 ft.; slender, sometimes little bulblets on stems.

29. ——— Cystoperis fragilis 1 ft.; slender.