THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



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\ irdnnu'iit n\ this notable collection of in(li<jenous j)lants 

 ilioii^li which one ot' the tributaries of the Schuylkill ri\er 

 flows. 



ASIMDUM I.ASI'.RI'l-.'nil-Ol.ir.M. 



After repeated efforts to ha\'c some local botanist name 

 the fern it was sent to the Smithsonian Institution and the 

 lironx P>otanical Gardens for indetitification. P)oth of these 

 authorities agreed in naming it Aspidiu))i laser fyctii folium, 

 Mett- and the specific name so much resembles that of its re- 



