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aculeatum alpine apex Aspidium Asplenium Asplenium septentrionale Athyrium Babington barren frond base beautiful become confluent bipinnate botanists branches Brit British Ferns British species Ceterach CHAR character common compost cultivation Cystopteris Cystopteris montana deeply pinnatifid dentata Dickieana distributed drainage Dryopteris elongated erect extremity fertile fronds Filix-mas fontanum fragilis fronds fronds grow fructification genus green growth habit habitats Handb height Hist Hooker and Arnott Hymenophyllum inches indusium involucre lanceolate Lastrea lateral veins latter leafy length less liable linear linear-lanceolate Linnæus lobes Lonchitis luxuriant margin maturity midvein moist moisture Moore nearly Newman oblong obtuse occasionally Oreopteris Osmunda peat Phegopteris pinnæ pinnate pinnatifid pinnules plant Polypodium Polypodium vulgare Polypody Polystichum Polystichum aculeatum pots Pteris rachis remarkable rhizoma rocks Ruta-muraria Scolopendrium segments serrated serratures shade sheltered Smith soil sori sorus specimens spinulosa Spleenwort stalked Swartz texture thecæ Thelypteris toothed triangular Trichomanes tripinnate tufts upper variety vary venation Woodsia Woodsia Ilvensis