Portion of mature Frond, upper side.
ASPIDIUM LONCHITIS.
S w a r t z . J. E. S m i th . H o o k e r a n d A r n o t t . M a c k a y .
S c h k u i i r . IV i l l d e n o w . S p r e n g e l .
P L A T E X X I I . V O L . V I .
Aspidium asperum,
Pol-ysiichum lonchitis,
Polypodium lonchitis,
Aspidium—The Shield Fern.
G k a y .
B o t h . D e a k in . B a b in g t o n .
S o w e e b y . K e w m a n . M o o e e .
P e e s l . F e e .
L in n b io s . j . K . S m i t h . B o l t o n .
Lonchitis—Spear-like.
I n t h e S e c t i o n P o l y s t i c h u m o f A u t h o r s .
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T h e “ Holly Fe rn ,” or, as it is sometimes called, the “Alpine
Shield F e rn ,” is a mountain plant, and difficult to cultivate.
I t has a range of from about the elevation of one thousand
two hundred to more than three thousand feet. A British
species, found only in Yorkshire on Ingleborough; in the
Lake district; Carnarvonshire; on the mountains of the Hig h lands
in Scotland; aud in Ireland in the counties of Kerry,
Alcath, Sligo, Leitrim, and Donegal. I t occurs in Iceland,
Lapland, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, German}', Hungary, E n g 1
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