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Adiantum concinnum, HBK. Barranca, among shaded rocks 

 near water. (75.) — Dr. Palmer notes that the young fronds when 

 living have a fine bright bronzy color, which is lost in drying. 



Adiantum tricholepis, Fee. Barranca, among rocks in very 

 much shaded places, or near water. (74.) Tequila. (406.) — Fine 

 specimens, the fronds fully 16 inches long and nearly as broad, quadri- 

 pinnate and even partially quinquepinnnate at the base. The root- 

 stock is as stout as that of Polypodlum vulgare, very scaly, knotted 

 and distinctly creeping, one fragment being over two inches long. 

 " Commonly called Silantrillo de pozo ; this plant is made into a tea, 

 and taken for chills and fever." 



Adiantum patens, Willd. Rio Blanco, among rocks in deep 

 ravines; July. (176.) Guadalajara, on earth embankments in shady 

 caiions. July. (222.) — " Has the smell of sweet clover." 



Blechnum occidentale, Linn. Barranca, near a ditch. (77.) 



AsPLENiUM Trichomanes, Linn., var. repens, Davenport. Bar- 

 ranca, on damp shady mountain-sides, on earth. (79.) — Copiously 

 radicant at the apex, as is seen in Gamptosorus, and often in the 

 allied A. crenulatum. 



Asplenium monantiiemum, Linn. Rio Blanco, on the shady side 

 of a high bluff; September. (562.) — Large specimens, sometimes 

 with 7 or 8 sori on a pinna. 



AsPLENiUM PUMiLUM, Swartz. Tequila, on the face of an em- 

 bankment of earth. (375.) 



AspiDiuM PATENS, Swartz. Barranca, among rocks or in holes in 

 the earth in deep caiions. (76.) Guadalajara, September. (451, 455.) 



AsPiDiUM Mexicanum, Kunze. Rio Blanco, in deep ravines ; July. 

 (14'J). Guadalajara, on an embankment, in shade; July. (288.) 



WooDSiA MOLLIS, J. Smith. Guadalajara, on earth in shady 

 ravines and canons, many plants growing together ; July, September. 

 (217, 452.) Rio Blanco ; October. (763.) 



An^eimia hirsuta, Swartz. Tequila, among other plants on the 

 shaded sides of embankments. (405.) 



Aneimia adiantifolia, Swartz. Guadalajara, among rocks in 

 deep ravines ; September. (439.) 



Osmcnda regalis, Linn. Rio Blanco, on the border of the river 

 in a deep cafion ; October. (660.) 



Psilotdm triquetrum, Linn. Rio Blanco, in crevices of rocks ; 

 October. (688.) 



Selaginella binervis, Liebm. Rio Blanco, in damp rocky re- 

 cesses ; September. (558.) 



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