1902] Davenport, — Notes on New England Ferns, — V 157 



* At least the inner bracts of the involucre with the keels thickened near 

 the tips forming corniculate appendages : heads about 75-tiowered. yellow: 

 achenes reddish: leaves deeplv and finelv runcinate-pinnatitid. 



T. erythrospermum, Andrz. Usually in dry soil, common in the 

 coastal district, less so inland. 



* * All (or nearly all) the bracts flat and unappendaged : heads larger, 

 orange yellow: achenes greenish or brown: leaves less cut. 



T. officinale, Weber. Outer bracts of the involucre lanceolate 

 or linear-lanceolate, strongly rerlexed even in bud. — Common and 

 widely distributed. 



Var. palustre, Blytt. Norg. Fl. i. 619 ( Leontodon pa/ustris, Smith, 

 Fl. Brit. ii. 823. Taraxacum palustre, DC. Fl. Fr. iv. 45). Outer 

 bracts shorter and broader, mostly ovate-lanceolate or deltoid, ascend- 

 ing. — Damp soil, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; 

 and probably throughout. 

 Gray Herbarium. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON NEW ENGLAND FERNS,— V. 

 George E. Davenport. 



Note 8. — Supplementary. 



Woodsia OBTUSA, Torrey. This fern should be added to my list 

 in Rhodora, vol. 4. p. 49, as number 18 under C. For this year 

 I found sterile fronds wholly green as late as March 2nd. Miss 

 Slosson says of it : " Fertile fronds perishing in autumn, sterile 

 fronds lasting into winter, decaying toward spring." Ledges. Me., 

 N. H., Vt., Mass., R. I., Ct. 



Mr. Gilbert has suggested the propriety of including Onoclea 

 setisibilis and Struthiopteris in the list on account of the perennial 

 duration of the fertile fronds, 



Correetio/i. — Dr. Graves, of New London, Connecticut, has called 

 my attention to an error in crediting Aspletiium montanum to limestone 

 cliffs in Connecticut, and I gladly make the proper correction here. 

 I shall always be glad to have any errors of mine pointed out and 

 thankful to anyone who will call my attention to them so that I can 

 make such corrections as may be necessary. 



