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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
easier to seize upon some prominent character that so 
plainl} marks our species tliat it would secni as if nobody 
could mistake it. 
Let us beg-in with snnic < f ilicsc unique species. I7n- 
less one lives in Xew Jersey, Xewfoundland or Cape Breton 
and Xova Scotia he need not cx}>cci to fmd the curly grass 
(Schhaca pusilla) and e\cn it he .-l-cs live in any of these 
places he must be i^repared to searcli the cranberry bogs 
with his nose close t(^ die ground for days and perhaps year-? 
l)ef()re he finds ir. The l)est way is to get a better informed 
friend to point it out. Then it can be found again easily 
if it occurs at all. .Ml along the Atlantic coast from Xew 
Hampshire to Florida one may ex])ect to fmd ( nir only climb- 
ing fern (Lygodiiiui pabuatuiii ) . It is tiot found in every lo- 
cality. h( wever. One must searcli the bu^hy borders of 
swamp.s where he may be fi»rti'.nate en<-ngh to <H.>.covcr the 
slender stems with rounded pahiiate leaflets twining alx^ut 
the stalks of (»ther j)lants t«- tlie hciglu of two <;r three feet. 
The TTart's->NMiguc { Scolol^nuiriuin rul<^arc) of which we 
[)re^eiit a picture in this issue. i> too rare to be coimted upon 
u.nless one lives in Central Xew York or the country east 
of Lake Huron. Our illustra'ion is from a plant in its 
native haunts in Central Xew York and was photographed 
by Mr. H. E. Ransier. The fronds are unmistakable being 
a ff>)t or n-i'.re long and two or three inches wide with entire 
margins. The walking fern ( C(i;n/>f(>.w>r?/,s- rhi.^of^hyllus) 
■- • a^ much sought h>r bv the heoimier as any 
• uld name. Th.e title 'of walking fern hr^ a 
' • •> to ,':1ie nearest deep, shady 
• not wet n^-ks. and when 
■n leaves. heart--haped at 
and tapering gradually to a 
