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A liardy deciduous Fern.
Native of England.
Fronds erect; bipinnate, narrow, and ovate-lanceolate; tire
margins nearly parallel below, and glabrous. Pinnæ numerous;
the lower ones distant and sub-opposite, the upper ones elongate,
alternate, triangular, and stalked, the stalk twisted so as
to make them stand nearly horizontal. Pinnules oblong, inciso-
pinnatifid, having serrate spinosc mucronate lobes.
Sori medial. Indusium entire on the margin.
Stipes having broad, ovate, pale brown scales, crowded near
the base and more remote upwards.
Terminal; adherent to a somewhat tufted rhizoma.
Length of frond from twelve to thirty-six inches; colour pale
yellowish green.
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