. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. alf-open ])ods. Sterile frondsshar])ly serrate. Stipes in dense tufts (densa) slender,wiry, light-brown. This rare little fern is a northern species and springsfrom tiny crevices in rocks, preferring limestone. Likemany other rock-loving species, it jjroduces spores inabundance, having no other effective means of spreading,and its fertile fronds are nuich more numerous than thesterile ones, and liegin to fruit when very small. Gaspeand Mt. Albert in the Province of Quebec, Grey County,Ontario, and in the far west. (4
. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. alf-open ])ods. Sterile frondsshar])ly serrate. Stipes in dense tufts (densa) slender,wiry, light-brown. This rare little fern is a northern species and springsfrom tiny crevices in rocks, preferring limestone. Likemany other rock-loving species, it jjroduces spores inabundance, having no other effective means of spreading,and its fertile fronds are nuich more numerous than thesterile ones, and liegin to fruit when very small. Gaspeand Mt. Albert in the Province of Quebec, Grey County,Ontario, and in the far west. (4) Slender Cliff UrakeCri/piogrdinma Stcllcri. Pellaca gracilis Fronds (including stipes) three to six inches long, thinand slender with few pinme. The lower pinnse pinnately])arted into three to h^•e divisions, those of the fertile frondsoblong or linear-oblong; those of the sterile, obovate orovate, cremilate, decurrent at the base. Confined tolimestone rocks. Quebec and XewBrunswick,to Vermont,Connecticut, Pennsybania, and to the northwest. The Fern Lovers Companion 63. Slender Cliff lirake. Crypfograinnia Slclhri We have collected this dainty and attracti^•e httlc fernon the limestone cliffs of [Nft. Horr, near Willouj^hby Lake,At. It f^rew in a rocky grotto whose sides were kept moistby dripping water. How we liked to linger near its charm-ing abode high on the cliff I And we liked also to speak ofit by its pleasing, simple name, Pellira gracilis, nowchanged for scientific reasons, but we still like the old namebetter. (.)) The Rock Brake. Parsley Fern(rypi()(jrdmma acrostichbides Sterile and fertile fronds very dissimilar; segments ofthe fertile, linear and ])oddike; of the sterile, o^ate-oblong,obtuse, and toothed. The plants spring from crevices of 64 The Ferx Lovers
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