[Illustration: FIG. 33G. _Aspidium filix mas_ 1, Illustration
exhibiting general habit; a, young leaves: 2, transverse section of
rhizome showing the conducting bundles a: 3, portion of the leaf bearing
sori; a indusium b, sporangia; 4, longitudinal; 5, transverse section of a
soris; a, leaf; b, indusium; c, sporangia: 6, a single sporangium; a,
stalk; c, annulus; d, spores. (After WOSSIDLO OFFICINAL) From a German
print, giving details]

(3) GOLDIE'S FERN

_Aspidium Goldiànum_. THELYPTERIS GOLDIÀNA
_Dryopteris Goldiàna. Nephrodium Goldiànum_

Fronds two to four feet high and often one foot broad, pinnate, broadly
ovate, especially the sterile ones. Pinnæ deeply pinnatifid, broadest
in the middle. The divisions (eighteen or twenty pairs) oblong-linear,
slightly toothed. Fruit-dots very near the midvein. Indusium large,
orbicular, with a deep, narrow sinus. Scales dark brown to nearly black
with a peculiar silky lustre.

A magnificent species, the tallest and largest of the wood ferns. It
delights in rich woodlands where there is limestone. Its range is from
Canada to Kentucky. While not common, there are numerous colonies in New
England. It is reported from Fairfield, Me., Spencer and Mt. Toby, Mass.,
and frequently west of the Connecticut River. We have often admired a large
and beautiful colony of it on the west side of Willoughby Mountain in
Vermont. It is easily cultivated and adds grace and dignity to a fern
garden.