FERNS. 313 



Alabama: Mountain region. Lower hills, on sandstone rock. Cnllman Connty, 

 800 feet, Landerdale County, Florence, rocky banks Cypress Creek. Tuscaloosa 

 Connty. Bibb Connty, Pratt's Ferry {E. A. Smith). Not frequent. 



Type locality: "Hal>. in niontibus saxosis Tennassde et Carolinae septentrioualis." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cheilanthes tomentosa Link, Hort. Berol. 2 : 42. 1833. Webby Lip Fern. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 681. Chap. Fl. .590. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 345, t. 45, f. 1-5. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : '^dG. Underwood, Native Ferns, 94. 



Carolinian area. West Virginia, Tennessee, Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Shaded rocks. Cullman County, 800 feet. Blount 

 County, 600 feet, on rocky Ijanks. Talladega County, Alpine Mountain, Signal Sta- 

 tion, 1,800 feet, abundant in dense ])atches on steep rocky declines. Lauderdale 

 County, cliffs on Cypress Creek, 500 feet. August, September; not rare. 



Tyi)e locality : Texas or Mexico. 



Herb. Geo]. Surv. Herb Mohr. 



PELL AEA Link, Fil. Hort. Berol. 59. 1841. Cliff Brake. 



About 50 species, mostly in arid regions of warmer zones, largely in Sonth Africa, 

 tropical America, and Mexico. Eleven species North American, chiefly from the arid 

 tablelands west of the Mississip]ii to the Pacihc. 



Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link, Fil. Hort. Berol. 59. 1841. Purple Cliffbrake. 



Pteris atropurpurea L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1076. 1753. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 682. Chap. Fl. .589. Eaton, Ferns X. A. 2 : 61, i.. 54,/.^. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 :564. Underwood, Native Ferns, 98. 



Northern Mexico. 



Boreal region to Carolinian area. Labrador, Ontario, British Columbia, New 

 England, west to Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, soutii to New York, Virginia, 

 Kentucky, and Tennessee, along the mountains to North Carolina, Texas. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Open woods, on rocks. Lawrence 

 County (Peto's). Madison County, Monte Sano, 1,000 feet. Lauderdale County, Flor- 

 ence. Clay County, near Mosley, rocky banks Tallatlega Creek Tuscaloosa County, 

 Tannehill (E.A. Smith). Kather local; nowhere abundant. 



Type locality : "'Hab. in \'irginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



WOOD WARDIA J. E. Smith. Mem. Acad. Tor. 5 : 411. 1793. Chaix Fern. 



About 8 species, temperate regions around the globe. 

 Woodwardia areolata (,L.) Moore, Index Fil. xlv. 1857. 



Acrostichiim areolatum L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1069. 1753. 



Woodwardia am/ustifoHa .1. E. Smith, Mem. Acad. Tor. 5 : 411. 1793. 



Gray, Man. ed.'6, 683. Chap. Fl. 591. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 165, t. 22 J. 2. Under- 

 wood, Native P^erns, 103. 



Allegheuian to Louisianian area. Coast of New England to Tennessee and Florida, 

 and west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Over the State, in shaded sandy swamps and low wet woods. Mobile, 

 Baldwin, Clark, Montgomery, Cullman counties. Clay County, banks of Talladega 

 Creek, 1,000 feet. P^equent. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia, Marilandia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Woodwardia virginica (L.) J. E. Smith, Mem. Acad. Tor. 5 : 412. 1793. 



Jihchnum rirfjinicum L. Mant. 2 : 307. 1771. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 683. Chap. Fl. 591. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 2 : 45, <. 5,^. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herl). 2 : 567. Underwood, Native P'erns, 102. 



Allegheuian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario, New England, Michigan, 

 Missouri, south to Ohio, and from New York to North Carolina, Florida, Texas, and 

 Arkansas. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt. Coast plain. Damp thickets, borders of woods. 

 Russell County {E. A. Smith). Mobile County. Baldwin County, Stockton. Rare in 

 the interior; more fre(|nent in the alluvial region of the coast. 



Tyjje locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



