. Our ferns in their haunts [microform] : a guide to all the native species. Ferns; Fougères. Ill llf 4.» ; FKRN AND AUDLRVTONGUE:. the supposition that they rest in alternate years. Somcthini; ol this kinil is hinted to exist among the atlder's-ton^ues, and as the liotryihiums are closely allied, they may have the same habit. The name of rattlesnake fern is probably due to the likeness which may be fancied to exist between the spikes of fruit and the rattles of the serpent. It is sometimes called the grape fern, also in allusion to its clus- ters of sporc-cases, but this title mo
. Our ferns in their haunts [microform] : a guide to all the native species. Ferns; Fougères. Ill llf 4.» ; FKRN AND AUDLRVTONGUE:. the supposition that they rest in alternate years. Somcthini; ol this kinil is hinted to exist among the atlder's-ton^ues, and as the liotryihiums are closely allied, they may have the same habit. The name of rattlesnake fern is probably due to the likeness which may be fancied to exist between the spikes of fruit and the rattles of the serpent. It is sometimes called the grape fern, also in allusion to its clus- ters of sporc-cases, but this title more properly belongs to a related species. In the south- ern Alleghanies it is fre- quently known as " in. dicator'' from the supposi- tion that i t s occur- rence indi- cates the proximity of ginseng. Hemlock - leaved moonwort and Virginia moonwort are obvious derivations, the true moonwort belonging to the Botry- cliium family. I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Clute, Willard N. (Willard Nelson), 1869-1950. Toronto : W. Briggs
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