TROUP VI ''^"■''''•E AND STERILE FRONDS LEAF-LIKE 

 AMD USUALLY SIMILAR; FRUIT-DOTS ROUND 



mottled green and white rosettes and the 

 slender wands of flowers of the rattlesnake 

 orchid. In the open swamps beyond the 

 fern's companion is another 

 orchid, the ladies' tresses, 

 with braided spikes of white, 

 and in this case deliciously 

 fragrant flowers. 



In open marshes near the 

 sea I find this plant associat- 

 ing itself with 

 the violet, 

 scented ad- 

 der's mouth, 

 with glis- 

 t e n i ng 

 sundew, 

 and with 

 gaudy 

 V- Turk's- 

 cap lilies. 

 From 

 the New 



York Fern 

 it may be 

 distinguish- 

 ed easily by 

 the some- 

 what abrupt 



Manh F*rn 



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