The Ferx Lover's Companion 105 



Walking Fern. Walking Leaf 

 C(imptos()rus 



Fruit-dots ohlong or linear as in ^isplhiiiim, lint irregu- 

 larly scattered on either side of the reticulated veins of the 

 sinii)le frond, the outer ones sometimes confluent at their 

 ends, forminu; crooked lines (hence, the name from the 

 (ireek meaniuf^' crooked sori). Only one S])ecies within 

 our limits. 



Campto.sbrus rhizoplnjUus 



Fronds evergreen, leathery, four to eighteen inches long, 

 heart-slia])ed at the base, but tapering towards the a])e.\, 

 which often I'oots and forms a new plant. Veins reticu- 

 lated. The auricles of this species are sometimes elongated 

 and may e^'en take root. 



This curious and interesting fern is one of the finest for 

 rockeries, the ti])s taking root in rock-fissures. Shaded 

 limestone, or sometimes other rocks. Shapleigh and 

 Winthrop, Me., rarely in New Hampshire (Lebanon), 

 and Connecticut, ]\It. Toby, ]Mass., and western New 

 England; also Canada to Georgia and westward. 



