NO. 1228. NOB TH A MERICA N FERNS— MA XON. 635 



BLECHNUM L. Sp. Fl. 107T. 1753. 



Blechnum serrulatum Richard, Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1 : 11-i. 1792. 



Fl.iriaa. 



WOODWARDIA J. E. Smith, Mem. Acad. Roy. Sci. Turin 5 : 

 411. 1793. 



Woodwardia virginica (L.) J. E. Smith, Mem. Acad. Roy. Sci. Turin 

 5 : 112. 1793. Chain-fern. Bog fern. 

 Bkchnum virginicum L. Mant. 2 : 307. 1771. 

 Nova Scotia to Ontario and Michigan, south to Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas. 



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



CHAIN-FERN 



Acrostichum areolatum L. Sp. PI. 1069. 1753. 



Woodicardia angustifolia J. E. Smith, Mem. Acad. Roy. Sci. Turin 5 : 411. 1793. 

 :Maine to Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Also in Michigan. 

 Woodwardia spinulosa Mart. & Gal. Mem. Acad. Brux. 15' : 61. 1842. 

 Woodwardia chamissoi Brack, in Wilkes's U. S. Explor. Expe.l. 16 : 138. 1854. 

 Woodicardia radicans var. americana Hook. Sp. Fil. 3 : 67. 1860. 

 California and Arizona. Also in Washington {Flett). 



ASPLENIUM L. Sp. PI. 1078. 1753. 



Asplenium serratum L. Sp. PL lo79. 1753. 



Florida. 

 Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt. Gen. 2 : 251. 1818. Pinnatifid spleen- 

 wort. 



New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, and Arkansas. 



Rare and local. 

 Asplenium ebenoides R. R. Scott; Berlveley, Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc. 



1866 : 87. 1866. 

 Vermont to Virginia. Also in Illinois and Alabama. Extremely rare and local. 



Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Oakes; D. C. Eaton, Ferns N. Am. 1 : 21. 



1878. Ebony spleenwort. Screw fern. 



Acrostichum platyneuros L. Sp. PL 1069. 1753. 

 Asjjknium eheneum Ait. Hort. Kew. 3 : 462. 1789. 

 Florida to Elaine and southeastern Ontario, west to Texas and Colorado. 

 Asplenium parvulum Mart. & Gal. Mem. Acad. Brux. 15^ : 60. pi. 15. f. 

 S. 1812. Small spleenwort. Little ebony spleenwort. 

 Virginia to Florida, west to Kansas, Texas, and Arizona. 

 Asplenium trichomanes L. Sp. PI. 1080. 1753. Dwarf spleenwort. 

 Maidenhair spleenwort. Wall spleenwort. Baby fern. 

 Nova Scotia and the eastern coast of Hudson Bay to Alabama, Texas, and Ari- 

 zona, northwestward to Oregon, British Columljia, and Alaska. 

 Asplenium vespertinum Maxon, Bull. Torr. Club 27 : 197. 1900. 

 Southern Cahfornia. 



Asplenium monanthes L. Mant. 1 : 130. 1767. 



Asplenium mununlhanum L.; Murray, Syst. Veg. ed. 1. 933. 1784. 

 Huachuca Mountains, Arizona (Lemmon). 



