The Fern Lover's Companion 



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Slender Cliff lirake. Crypfograinnia Slclhri 



We have collected this dainty and attracti^•e httlc fern 

 on the limestone cliffs of [Nft. Horr, near Willouj^hby Lake, 

 At. It f^rew in a rocky grotto whose sides were kept moist 

 by dripping water. How we liked to linger near its charm- 

 ing abode high on the cliff I And we liked also to speak of 

 it by its pleasing, simple name, "Pellira gracilis," now 

 changed for scientific reasons, but we still like the old name 

 better. 



(.")) The Rock Brake. Parsley Fern 

 ( 'rypi()(jrdmma acrostichbides 



Sterile and fertile fronds very dissimilar; segments of 

 the fertile, linear and ])oddike; of the sterile, o^'ate-oblong, 

 obtuse, and toothed. The plants spring from crevices of 



