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as the walking-leaf fern. (Fig. 80.) The 

 tips of the slender fronds bend to the ground 

 and take root. This interesting species is 

 common in many parts of the Central States. 



Fig. 29. 



Another fern of our cool woods bears little 

 bulblets on the frond, and these bulblets fall 

 off and reproduce the parent. The odd lit- 

 tle schizsea, perhaps the rarest of ferns, a 

 plant for which the collector searches indus- 



