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The Feen Lover's Compaxiox 



Discovered at Smuggler's Xotcli, INR. Mansfield, Vt., 

 by C. G. Pringle in 1876. Found sparingly at Willoughby 

 Lake, high on the cliffs of Mt. Horr. This rare and deli- 

 cate little plant bears a rather close resemblance to the 

 maidenhair spleenwort, "n'hich, however, has dark stipes 

 instead of green. 



Northern New England, west and northwest on shaded 

 limestone rocks. 



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Maidenhair Spleenwort. Asplcitium Trivhomunes 



(4) Maidexiiair Spleexwort. Asplenium Trichomanes 



Stipes densely tufted, purple-lirown, shining. Fronds 

 three to eight inches long, linear, dark green, rather rigid. 

 Pinnie roundish-oblong or o^■al, entire or finely crenate, 

 attached at the base by a narrow point. Midveins forking 

 and evanescent. 



Not very common, but distributed almost throughout 

 North America. May be looked for wherever there are 

 ledges, as it does not require limestone. July. 



