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Lip auricled or ovate at base, not tubercled, entire or nearly so.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Leaves.—Mostly opposite; auricled at base; twice- or thrice-parted into many short, small lobes.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

Pinnæ linear-lanceolate, scythe-shaped, auricled on the upper side, and with bristly teeth; fertile pinnæ contracted toward the top, bearing two rows of sori, which soon become confluent and cover the entire surface.

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

The leaf-sheath is smooth or sparsely hairy, compressed and shortly auricled or not at the mouth.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Pinnæ opposite, oblong, entire or finely crenate, and auricled at the base.

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