45. EVERGREEN WOOD FERN
Aspidium marginale
Very common, usually rather large, smooth, somewhat leathery, fronds ovate oblong, 1-2 pinnate, fruit-dots large, distinct, close to the margin. In rocky woods. P. [176].
46. FRAGRANT SHIELD FERN
Aspidium fragrans
Small, fragrant, fronds once-pinnate, with pinnatifid pinnæ, stalk and rachis chaffy, fruit-dots large. On rocks northward, especially near waterfalls. P. [178].
47. BRAUN'S HOLLY FERN
Aspidium aculeatum var. Braunii
Rather large, fronds oblong-lanceolate, twice-pinnate, pinnules sharply toothed, covered with long, soft hairs, fruit-dots small. In deep, rocky woods. P. [182].