82 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Lake, Suksdorf 1029; Lake Cushman, Henderson 1206; Tacoma, Flett 140, 141; Skoko- 
mish Valley, Kincaid, May 17, 1892; Bridge Creek, Elmer 670; without locality Vasey 
1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
3. Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott, Gen. Fil. 1834. MALE FERN. 
Polypodium filiz-mas L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1090. 1753. 
Asmdium filiz-mas Sw. Schrad. Journ. Bot. 18007: 38. 1801. 
Type Loca.ity: “Habitat in Europae sylvis.”’ 
Rance: Alaska to Labrador, south to California, Michigan, and Nova Scotia. Europe. 
Asia, 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 1230. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
FILIX. 
1. Filix fragilis (L.) Underw. Our Native Ferns ed. 6. 119. 1900. BLADDER FERN. 
Polypodium fragile L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1091. 1753. 
Cystopteris fragilis Bernh. Schrad. Neu. Journ. Bot. 1°: 27. 1806. 
Type LOCALITY: European. 
Rance: Alaska to Labrador, south to California, Kansas, and Georgia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Hlmer 2812; Mount Rainier, Piper, August 12, 
1889, 2106; upper Naches River, Henderson, June 15, 1892; Mount Stuart, Elmer 1219; 
Stampede Pass, Henderson, July 26, 1892; Egbert Springs, Sandberg & Leiberg 351; We- 
nache Mountains, Whited 1075; Waitsburg, Horner 260; without locality, Vasey 49; Almota, 
Piper, May 2, 1897. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition to Arctic. 
WOODSIA. 
Leaves viscid-puberulent; lobes of the indusium broader at base... -..- - 1. W. scopulina. 
Leaves glabrous or nearly so; lobes of the indusium hair-like. .....-.--- 2. W. oregana. 
1. Woodsia scopulina D. C. Eaton, Can. Nat. II. 2: 90. 1865. 
Type Locatity: ‘Rocky Mountains near 40° north latitude, Parry, Hall and Harbour; 
Columbia River, Brackenridge; Frazer River, near 49° north latitude, Mrs. John Miles.” 
Rance: Alaska to Ontario, Colorado, and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Ellensburg foothills, Elmer 418; White Salmon, Suksdorf in 
1879; Wenache River, Brandegee 1224; Rainbow Falls, Whited 1407; Stehekin, Whited 
1391; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall; Spokane, Dewart; without locality, Vasey in 
1889; Cape Horn, Piper 4975. 
' ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition, mostly arid. 
2. Woodsia oregana D. C. Eaton, Can. Nat. II. 2: 90. 1865. 
Woodsia obtusa lyallii Hook. Syn. Fil. 48, 1868. 
TYPE LOCALITY: “‘ Dalles of the Columbia River, Major Raines; Rocky Mountains near 
40° north latitude, Hall and Harbour.” 
Rance: British Columbia to the Great Lakes, south to California, Arizona, and Nebraska. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Adams, Suksdorf, September, 1877, Rattlesnake Moun- 
tains, Cotton 422; Coulee City, Piper 3850; between Coulee City and Waterville, Spillman, 
May 27, 1896; Sprague, Henderson, May 30, 1892; Pullman, Piper 1734; without locality, 
Vasey in 1889; Davis Ranch, Kreager 218; near Spokane, Kreager 171; Coulee City, Piper 
3850; Republic, Beattie & Chapman 2258. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
