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THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM 



Vol. 10 CHARLESTON, S. C, FEBRUARY, 1914 No. 2 



PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE FERNS OF THE COAST RE- 

 GION OF SOUTH CAROLINA NORTH OF CHARLESTON 



The present paper is based on records from the Charleston 

 Museum's plant survey of South Carolina. This survey aims 

 to record for each species in South Carolina, (1) all published 

 references to occurrence within the state, (2) data relative 

 to herbarium specimens collected within the state, and, (3) 

 the distribution of species as indicated by collecting and ecologi- 

 cal study in different sections of the state. 



For this summary of the ferns of the coast region north of 

 Charleston the published sources have been John Bachman's 

 Catalogue of phaenogamous plants and ferns, native or natural- 

 ized, found growing in the vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina, 

 1834; Henry W. Ravenel's Catalogue of the natural orders of 

 plants, inhabiting the vicinity of the Santee Canal, S. C./ Lewis 

 R. Gibbes' Botany of Edings' Bay;^ W. C. Coker's three papers, 

 The garden of Andre Michaux,^ Observations on the flora of the 

 Isle of Palms,* Plant life of Hartsville, S. C, 1912; and R. M. 

 Harper's A midsummer journey through the coastal plain of the 

 Carolinas and Virginia.^ 



> Proe. Amer. Astoc. Adv. Sci., 1850, 2-17. 



iProc. Ell. Soc, I, Oct.. 1857, 241-248. 



'Jour. Elisha Mitchell Scientific Soc. XXVII, July, 1911, 6.5-72. 



* Torreya. V. Aug., 1905, 135-145. 



-'Bull. Torrey Botanical Club, XXXVI, 1907, 351-377. 



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