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Florida peninsula westward along the Gulf coast. It is acommon 
experience to find in southern Mississippi, for example, a plant 
which, according to Dr. Chapman’s work, is.an exclusive inhabi- 
tant of south Florida; and it is quite as often that species actually 
assigned to Mississippi do not match the characters given for them 
in the book. These circumstances serve to emphasize the neces- 
sity for much critical field work in this area, and a careful study 
of southern species in the light of modern taxonomic principles. 
The following notes are based on my own collections, the first 
set of which is deposited in the United States National Herbarium, 
the remainder having been already distributed. The determina- 
tions of the Gramineae were made by Professor Tracy, and of the 
Cyperaceae by Dr. N. L. Britton, to whom I would extend thanks, 
as also to Dr. J. K. Small, Mr. Frederick V. Coville, Dr. J. N. 
Rose, Professor L. M. Underwood, Mr. P. A. Rydberg, Mr. G. B. 
Sudworth, and Dr. G. N. Best, for their courtesy in naming cer- 
tain groups. 
ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS L. 
This beautiful fern was found for the first time in Mississippi, 
as far as I have been able to ascertain, at Waynesboro, Wayne 
County, near the Alabama line. On my arrival at the village I at 
once observed it growing in pots. and hanging baskets about the 
veranda of the hotel, and supposed it had been brought from some 
distance; but inquiry elicited the fact that the locality was only a 
few miles away, and the son of my good landlady, a young man 
whose knowledge of local plant-names is very extensive, readily 
volunteered his services as guide. The fern grew on the steep 
banks of the creek, in rather damp soil, the fronds for the most 
part pendent, and growing so dense that other vegetation was en- 
tirely excluded. 
STIPULICIDA SETACEA Michx. 
_A single specimen was obtained on Deer Island, in Biloxi Bay, 
and others were observed; the range is thus extended consider- 
aby westward. 
ASIMINA PARVIFLORA (Michx.) Dunal. 
One specimen, with nearly ripe fruit, was collected at Waynes- — 
