POLYPODIUM PHEGOPTERIS. 19 
for there are good fish in the river, and the 
country around abounds in wild flowers and Ferns. 
It is a pleasant little village of scattered white 
houses, backed by fir-clothed rocks, while in the 
front and to the right are undulating hills leading 
up to the foot of Ben-ledi, or the " Mountain of 
God," where shadows are always dwelling. I was 
told I should find P. lonchitis on Ben-ledi, but I 
searched there in vain. 
Within a walk of Callander are the Falls of 
Brachhnn, to which we were guided by a shoeless 
intelligent child of the mountains, carrying our 
basket of provisions, which we ate on some scat- 
tered rocks within sight and sound of the merry 
leaping waters, which fell at our feet with a rush- 
ing mighty music. It was just the home for 
Hymenophyllum tunbridgense, and little Maggie 
and I jumped from boulder to boulder in fruitless 
search ; but roving amongst the dSris of leaves 
and moss I found a whole carpet of Polyi^odium 
phegopteris and dryopteris. 
I have noticed this peculiarity in Phegopteris — 
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