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1. Polypodium scouleri Hook. & Grev. Icon. Fil. 1: pl. 56. 1829. 
LEATHER-LEAF POLYPODY. 
Polypodium pachyphyllum D. C, Eaton, Am. Journ. Sei. IL. 22: 138. 1856. 
Type LocaLiry: Not ascertained. 
Rance: British Columbia to California along the coast. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Granville, Conard 320; Fort Canby, Bruner, October 29, 1881. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
2. Polypodium occidentale (Hook.) Maxon, Fern Bull. 12: 102. 1904. 
LicorIcE POLYPODY. 
Polypodium vulgare occidentale Hook. Fl. Bor. Am, 2: 258. 1840. 
Polypodium faleatum Kellogg, Proc. Cal. Acad. 1: 20. 1854. 
Type Locauity: ‘‘On rocks and decayed wood, common near the confluence of the 
Columbia with the sea.’’ Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: Alaska to California in the coast region. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Seattle, Piper 300; Port Ludlow, Binns, August 20, 1888; Clal- 
lam County, Elmer 2811; Grays Harbor, Wilkes Expedition 11; Castle Rock, Piper, 
October 31, 1901. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
3. Polypodium hesperium Maxon, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 18: 200. 1900. 
Type Locatity: ‘In Coyote Cafion, Lake Chelan, Washington.’”’ Collected by Gorman. 
Rance: British Columbia to Montana and Arizona. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, Piper, August, 1895; Mount Rainier, Piper, 
August, 1895; Stehekin, Whited 1392; Horseshoe Basin, Elmer 703; without locality, 
Vasey 41; Cape Horn, Piper 5013, 5015; Mount Baldy, Conard 288; Kettle Falls, Beattie & 
Chapman 2225. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Canadian to Arctic. 
This species is the basis for the record of Polypodium vulgare L. in Suksdori’s List. 
PoLypopiuM CALIFORNICUM Kaulf. (Polypodium intermedium Hook. & Arn.) is reported 
from the Columbia River, collected by Scouler, in Hooker’s Flora 2: 258. It is quite 
certain that there is a mistake here either as to locality or as to identity. 
PHEGOPTERIS. BEkEcH FERN. 
Plant densely tufted; leaves oblong-lanceolate, tripinnatifid...........- 1. P. alpestris. 
Plants spreading by rootstocks; leaves triangular. 
Leaves bipinnatifid; rachis winged.............-.-2------------- 2. P. phegopteris. 
Leaves ternate, the stalked divisions pinnate or bipinnate; rachis 
wingless......-.-.-.---------- +--+ 22-22-22 - ee ee eee ------- 8. P. dryopteris. 
1. Phegopteris alpestris (Hoppe) Mett. Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips. 83. 1856. 
Polypodium alpestre Hoppe, Taschenb. 216. 1805. 
TYPE Loca.ity: European. 
Rance: British Columbia to.Montana and California. Europe. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; Clallam County, 
Elmer 2806; Olympic Mountains, Piper, August, 1895; Mount Adams, Henderson, August 
10, 1892; Mount Rainier, Piper 2111; Skagit Pass, Lake & Hull 658; Wenache region, 
2,120 meters altitude, Brandegee 1222; Bridge Creek, Elmer 36. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
2. Phegopteris phegopteris (L.) Underw. Bull. Torr. Club 20: 462. 1893. 
Phegopteris polypodioides Fée, Gen. Fil. 243. 1850-52. 
Polypodium phegopteris L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1089. 1753. 
Polypodium phegopteris minus Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 258. 1840. 
Tyee Locauity: ‘‘ Habitat in Europae fagetis et in Virginia.” 
Rance: Alaska to Labrador, south to Washington, Iowa, and Virginia. Europe. Asia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Skamania County, Suksdorf 2035. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
