Polypody

Take of the leaves of a kind of Polypody* four - fifths, and of the cones of the Thuya one-fifth, both reduced to a coarfe powder by them - felves, and mixed together afterwards.

Travels into North America : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects 1770

Polypody ferns thrive in the shade, and sweet violet leaves spread by the gate.

Country diary: Zennor, Cornwall Virginia Spiers 2010

Polypody ferns on rocks rolled up their fronds, dog's mercury under trees were flat out exhausted, pasture grasses looked battered because there was so little growth following the grazing.

Country diary: Wenlock Edge 2011

Polypody and epithyme are, without all exceptions, gentle purgers of melancholy.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Ferns, the Royal Fern, the Hart's Tongue, the Maidenhair, the common Polypody, the Spleenwort, and the Wall Rue.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

The common Polypody Fern, or "rheum-purging Polypody" grows plentifully in this country on old walls and stumps of trees, in shady places.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

Polypody from its jagged leaves, upon which the seeds or spores appear in bright orange spots.

Chatterbox, 1905. Various

_Polypody_, many footed, by reason of the pectinate fronds.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

We must not forget the Polypody, which delights to creep amongst the trees and bushes of a lane, and looks very fresh in June, keeping its fronds till some sharp frost brings them off.

Chatterbox, 1905. Various

Often called "Limestone Polypody," the beech ferns having formerly been classed with the polypodies.

The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton