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collector assured a botanical friend that 1 was mistaken in my 

 judgment. I now believe tliat the suspicion was wholly ground- 

 less, and this belief is confn-mcd by the discovery, in my her- 

 barium, of another unnamed specimen of the very same fern, 

 collected by Mrs. E. J. Spence. near Springfield, Ohio, and sent 

 me by Dr. Beardslee, of Paincsville, in 1871, as one of the 

 plants of the State. 



The specimens agree closely with Asplcniuvi I la lien y of 

 Europe, except that the mucronatc-spinulose tips of the divisions 

 of the pinnse are somewhat longer. 



Against its admission into our flora no good reason can be 

 urged on the score of improbability, for its congeners and near 

 allies, the little rock-ferns of the old w^orld, A. TricJiomanes, A. 

 viridc and A. Riita-viuraria^ occur here also. Because of com- 

 mon resemblance, as well as its small size and rarity, it has, per- 

 hapSj been often overlooked. Sought for, with intent to find, it 

 will no doubt yet be detected at other points in our territory^ 

 and a full supply obtained. 



In this connection I may mention that Asplcniiun Bradleyi^ 

 D, C. Eaton, has recently been discovered in Lancaster County, 

 Penn., by Mr. John K. Small — a remarkable extension of its 

 range to the north and east. But, when it is known that the 

 same enthusiastic young botanist has also discovered in the same 

 region a consideraljle number of stations for its usual associates, 

 A. moiitanum and A. pinnatifuiuui, it need awaken no surprise. 



Tiios. C. Porter. 



Botanical Notes. 



Contributions from tJic National Hcrharinvi, Under the 

 above title an important serial publication lias been begun by 

 the Division of Botany of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

 It is designed to afford a place for the presentation of the valua- 

 ble results now being obtained by the botanists of the Depart- 

 ment and others who may be especially employed to study the 



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large collections mad(^ by the special agents now in the field in 

 various parts of the country. Two numbers have already been 

 printed. The first contains an account of Dr. Edward Palmer's 

 collections in the Southwest by Dr. Vasey and Mr. Rose; the 



