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D. SPINULOSA DiLATATA (Hoffm.) Uiidcrw. Aspidiinn spinii' 

 losuui var. dilatatitui Hook. 



Deep woods. Ohio: near Wheeling {Mcrtz & Gutten- 

 berg). 

 D. siMULATA Davenport. Bot. Gaz., 29:495 (1894). 



Aspidiiiiii spinulosiLin var. Prel. Cat. Fl. W. Va., 482 

 (1892). Comparing my specimens from the deep, wet 

 woods of Randolph Co. with specimens of D. simulata re- 

 cently sent me by Professor Davenport, I find them identical. 

 In publishing the species Professor Davenport includes it 

 under Dryopteris as well as Aspidium, Nephrodium and 

 Lastrea. 



In deep, wet woods under Black Spruce. Randolph : neai 

 Cheat Bridge, and Shades-of-Death (Millspaugh). 

 D. CRIST ATA (L.) A. Gray. Aspidium cristatiim (L.) Sw. 



Swampy places. Preston : near Cranberry Summit {Mertz 

 & Guttenberg) ; near Reedsville and Terra Alta (Milh- 

 paugJi) ; near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 D. GoLDiEANA (Hook.) A.Gray. Aspidiujm Goldicanmii Hook. 



Rich moist woods. Preston : near Cranberry Summit 

 {Mcriz & Guttenberg) ; near Aurora {Mr. & Mrs. Steele) 

 Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 D. P^iLix-MAs (L.) Schott. Male-fern. Aspidium Fili.r-uias Sw. 



Rocky woods. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). 

 D. MARGiNALis (L.) A. Gray. Aspidium marginale Sw. 



Rocky hillsides in rich woods. Tucker: near Parsons 

 (Greenmau, 28). Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Kan- 

 awha: near Charleston (James). Fayette: near Nuttallburg 

 (Xiiftall). Grant: near Bayard (Millspaugh). Preston: 

 near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 



POLYSTICHUM Roth. 



P. ACROSTiciioiDES (Michx.) Schott. Christmas Fern. Aspidium 



acrostichoides Sw. 



Rocky woods. Upshur : beyond Buckhannon. Randolph : 



near Cricard (Millspaugh). Webster: near Tater Knob 



(H. H. Smith, 1509). Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). 



Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Ahtttall). Preston: near Aurora 



(Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Barbour: near Tygart Junction 



(Greenuiaii, 35). 

 P. ACROSTICHOIDES 6"cHWEiNiTzii (Bcck). Aspidiuiu aelvostl- 



choidcs Sehzveinitzii (Beck.) B. S. P. 



Rocky woods. Jefferson: near Harper's Ferry (Merts 



& Guttenberg). 



