Various attempts have been made to separate specifically
the North American forms from the European, but the opinion
of Hooker, Mettenius and Milde that all belong to one
species is undoubtedly correct.
The Lady-fern takes kindly to cultivation, and is often
seen in the dooryards of our half-rural towns.
Plate LXXVI. yisplenium Filix-foemina, a plant from New Haven,
having the stalks and rachises bright brownish pink. Fig. 2 is an enlarged
portion of a pinnule. P'ig. 3, an indusium less recurved than
we sometimes see them. Fig. 4, a spore. Fig. 5 is a pinnule of var.
commune; P'ig. 6, a pinna of var. latifolimn ; P'ig. 7, two pinnæ of
var. angiistum; Fig. 8, two pinnules of var. cyclosoruin; Fig 9, a frond
of var. exile.
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