polypody

Ribbonlike spikemoss and delicate polypodies crept neatly over rock faces.

I learned that the roots of the polypody do a great impression of licorice, and that Scotch pine is also called “Finnish rosemary.”

The question whether these projections can be considered an indication of former polypody in insects has been raised.

Redpad pattered up this to its source; and about six feet from the ground, half hidden by polypody ferns, found a cleft in the limestone.

Two of the others, the polypody and Aspidium marginale, are evergreen also, but they are coarser in texture and of a less lively color.