THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
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abundance. In Jamaica, especially there are numerous, 
species with this habit. One of the most characteristic 
is the one we have selected for illustration under the title 
of the Jamaica walking fern. Fadyenia, as it is often 
called, has more claim to our attention than the mere 
FADYENIA PROLIFBRA. 
fact that it is a walking fern. It is the only fern of its 
kind in the world and the entire genus Fadyenia consists 
of this single species proHfera, Its fronds, too, are odd 
