TRnilP V FERTILE AND STERILE FRONDS LEAF-LIKE AND SIMILAR; 

 UKUUr V SPORANGIA IN LINEAR OR OBLONG FRUIT - DOTS 



his list Mr. Underwood marks the Purple Cliff 

 Brake as found but once, so I judge he did not dis- 

 cover the station on the turreted cliffs close by 

 where it grows in extravagant profusion, producing 

 fronds not only much longer and finer than 1 had 

 seen elsewhere, but superior to those pictured in 

 the illustrated books. 



During the same summer, on an expedition to 

 Perryville Falls, which we had planned for the 

 express purpose of finding the Rue Spleenwort and 

 the Purple Cliff Brake, a new station was discov- 

 ered for the Hart's Tongue. To Miss Murray Led- 

 yard, of Cazenovia, belongs the honor of finding the 

 first plants in this locality. We had been success- 

 ful in the original object of our journey, and had 

 crossed the stream in order to examine the oppo- 

 site cliffs. J. and I, curious to study the wet wall 

 of rock close to the sheer white veil of water, which 

 fell more than one hundred feet, finally secured 

 an unsubstantial foothold among graceful tufts of 

 the greenish, lily-like flowers, which ought to re- 

 ceive a more homely and appropriate title than 

 Zygadenus elegans. Having satisfied ourselves that 

 the mossy crevices harbored no plants of the Slen- 

 der Cliff Brake, now the immediate object of our 

 search, we followed the natural path beneath the 

 overhanging rock and above the sheer descent to 

 the ravine, examining the cliffs as we cautiously 

 picked our way. Miss Ledyard had remained be- 

 low, and suddenly we heard her give a triumphant 

 shout, followed by the joyful announcement that 



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