FERTILE AND STERILE FRONDS LEAF-LIKE AND SIMILAR, 

 SPORANGIA IN LINEAR OR OBLONG FRUIT - DOTS 



attractive, thrifty-looking plants. The specimens, 

 which were located at some distance from the 

 lake, growing in one instance on top of a 

 mountain, again in the shaded crevices of a cliff, 

 were tiny, indefinite-looking plants with nothing 

 to recommend them to any eyes save those of 

 the fern collector. In every instance they grew 

 from fissures in the rocks, rooting apparently in a 

 mere pinch of earth, yet with such tenacity that it 

 would have been very difficult to extract a plant 

 unharmed. In almost every case they were 

 shielded much of the time from exposure to the 

 sun. 



The large plants in the immediate vicinity of the 

 lake were noticeably bluish-green in color. 



It is to be hoped that the few known haunts of 

 tne Mountain Spleenwort will be respected in order 

 that this rare little plant may be preserved. 



