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Holly fern and shining spleenwort can be readily distinguished when mature.— Museum Blogs
The sori, or reproductive structures, on the underside of fronds of holly fern, Cyrtomium falcatum, on the left and shining spleenwort, Asplenium oblongifolium, on the right.— Museum Blogs
There are several kinds of fern, as polypody, spleenwort, female fern, and some mosses; but the species are either common, or at least found in some other countries, especially New Zealand The only animal of the quadruped kind we got, was a sort of opossum_, about twice the size of a large rat; and is, most probably, the male of that species found at Endeavour river, as mentioned in Cook's first voyage.— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time
There is also polypody, spleenwort, and about twenty other different sort of ferns, entirely peculiar to the place, with several sorts of mosses, either rare, or produced only here; besides a great number of other plants, whose uses are not yet known, and subjects fit only for botanical books Of these, however, there is one which deserves particular notice here, as the natives make their garments of it, and it produces a fine silky flax, superior in appearance to any thing we have, and probably, at least, as strong.— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time
The Scott's spleenwort, on the dedication page, is reprinted from Clute's "Our Ferns in Their Haunts INTRODUCTION Thoreau tells us, "Nature made a fern for pure leaves."— The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada
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