156 Rhodora [SEPTEMBER 
DD. Midrib of pinnae naked for some distance below tip; many of 
the pinnules bearing ascidia on naked veinlets arising from the 
under surface; some of the pinnules lobed. 
6. O. CINNAMOMEA f. CORNUCOPIAFOLIA Clute, Fern Bull. xvi. 108, 
109, with plate (1908).— A curious form, not seen; described by 
Clute from a frond collected by A. S. Bossart in 1907 at Burton, 
Geauga Co., Ohio. 
AA. Fertile frond partly foliaceous. 
7. O. CINNAMOMEA f. FRONDOSA (T. & G.) Britton, Cat. Pl. N. J. 
312 (1890). O. cinnamomea var. frondosa T. & G. in Torr. Cat. PI. 
N. Y., in Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. iv. 196 (1840).— Fertile frond with 
fruiting pinnae at base, apex, or middle, very variable; the sterile 
pinnae of fertile frond often lobed, and sometimes bearing a few 
sporangia at tips of veinlets.— Seen from all the New England states 
except Rhode Island, and from Pennsylvania. 
BorrRYCHIUM TERNATUM (Thunb.) Sw. var. INTERMEDIUM D. €. 
Eaton. Leaf mold, base of Brownell Mt., Williston. 
OPHIOGLOSSUM VULGATUM L. Pasture, Essex Junction. 
*EQUISETUM HYEMALE L. var. AFFINE (Engelm.) A. A. Eaton f. 
POLYSTACHYUM Prager. Sandy soil, Burlington, 22 July (Blake 
2087). A form bearing sessile spikes from the upper nodes. For 
description see Eaton, Fern Bull. xi. 112 (1903). 
E. PALUSTRE L. Damp spot beside road, alt. 120, Colchester, 22 
July (Blake 2102); sandy shore of Malletts Bay, Colchester, 9 August 
(2627). 
* E. VARIEGATUM Schleich. var. Jesupt A. A. Eaton. Mrs. Flynn 
lists only the type, from Burlington and Colchester; but all my plants 
are of this variety, which is probably the common one in the Burling- 
ton Region. Shore of L. Champlain, Burlington (Mrs. Flynn's 
station); shore of Winooski Hiver, where rather abundant, Essex 
Junction, 25 July (Blake 2186 in part); shore of Shelburne Bay, 
South Burlington, 13 August. 
*E. VARIEGATUM var. JEsuPpI f. geminatum, n. forma, caulibus 
fertilibus 1-2 spicas sessiles vel brevipedunculatas nodis summis 
gerentibus. Fertile stems with one or two supernumerary spikes, 
sessile or on one-jointed peduncles from the topmost nodes. Specimens 
examined: VERMONT: shore of Winooski River, alt. 270, Essex June- 
tion, 25 July, Blake 2186 part; and at 200 ft., 29 July, Blake 2345 part 
(TYPE SHEET no. 3461 in my herbarium). 
*E. VARIEGATUM var. Jesupr f. multirameum, n. forma, caulibus 
fertilibus 1-7 multinodiatos ramos steriles vel spiciferos superioribus 
