. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. THE CURLY GRASS AND THE CLIMBING EOPLE who are not fern students can usually distinguish between ferns ''»^,^ and flowering plants although they do •Js sometimes include the feathery leaves of certain flowering plants, like yarrow, among the former. In the case of the two species here mentioned, however, it would not be surprising if they did not recognise them as ferns. There is very little that is fern-like in their forms, and scientists, drawing a nice distinction from the structure of their sporangia, place them
. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. THE CURLY GRASS AND THE CLIMBING EOPLE who are not fern students can usually distinguish between ferns ''»^,^ and flowering plants although they do •Js sometimes include the feathery leaves of certain flowering plants, like yarrow, among the former. In the case of the two species here mentioned, however, it would not be surprising if they did not recognise them as ferns. There is very little that is fern-like in their forms, and scientists, drawing a nice distinction from the structure of their sporangia, place them in a separate family known as the Schizseacese. The Curly Grass. To see the curly grass (SchizcBa pusilla) in its haunts, one must visit the southern part of New Jersey where it is fairly common on the border of many sandy cranberry bogs. For a long time this small state con- tained all the known stations for the plant, and it is still the only section in which it is plentiful. Although never found far from the sea-coast, this is a. 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 Nelson, b. 1869. New York, F. A. Stokes Co
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