. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. Marginal Shield Fern. Aspidium marginale 132 The Fern Lovers Companion THE WOOD FERNS The ferns of this group, not counting the small fragrantfern, ]M-efer the woods or at least shady ])laces. Althoughthe genus Ioli/slichiim rejjrcsents the true shield ferns, thewood ferns are also thus designated, as their indusia havenearly the shape of small, roundish shields. The oldgeneric name for tliem all was .(//((»( (meaning shield),first puhlishcd in IHOO. For a long time its chief rival wasNeplirixlimn (kidney-like),

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. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. Marginal Shield Fern. Aspidium marginale 132 The Fern Lovers Companion THE WOOD FERNS The ferns of this group, not counting the small fragrantfern, ]M-efer the woods or at least shady ])laces. Althoughthe genus Ioli/slichiim rejjrcsents the true shield ferns, thewood ferns are also thus designated, as their indusia havenearly the shape of small, roundish shields. The oldgeneric name for tliem all was .(//((»( (meaning shield),first puhlishcd in IHOO. For a long time its chief rival wasNeplirixlimn (kidney-like), 1803. IN!any modern botanistsha^e i)referred the earlier name Dri/opieris (1703), mean-ing oak fern, alluding, iierha])s, to ils forest-lo^•ing , still earlier (1702), may supersede theothers. IT. .MaiHiiial Sliield Fern. AspiilniiiL jiianjiiiair (From Woulsoos FerDS, Uuubludiiy. Page & Co.) The Fern Lovers Companiox 133

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