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mer. Osmunda cinnamomea, Linn., Gray, J. Sm. 0. Clayton- 

 iaiia, Conrad, not of Linn. — Fairfield farm and elsewhere about 

 Kingston^ not uncommon ; Millgrove Marsh, Hamilton, Judge 

 Logie; Sandwich and Montreal, P. W. Maclagan, M.D.; ojDposite 

 Gros Cap ; also Two-Heart River, Lake Superior, E. Bell, jun., 

 C.E. ; Belleville, swamps and low grounds, common, J. Macoun; 

 Ramsay, Rev. J. K. M'Morine, M.A. ; St. Joy Woods, on the 

 river shore, near Gatineau Mills, D. M'Gillivray, M.D.; New- 

 foundland, Miss Brenton, in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ; Prescott, com- 

 mon, B. Billings, jun. ; Nicolet, Abbe Provancher; L'Orignal, 

 J. Bell ; near London, W. Saunders. 



0. Ckujtonlana, Linn. — Frond narrowly lanceolate, pinnate ; 

 piuna3 lanceolate, about three pairs of pinnae near or below the 

 middle of the frond contracted and fertile ; sporangia brown, with 

 green spores. This species, when fresh, has a strong odor, re- 

 sembling that of rhubarb (Pie-plant) stalks. 0. Claytoniana^ 

 Linn., Gray, J. Sm. 0. interrnjyta. Michaux. — Between Kino-- 

 ston and Kingston Mills, in wet swampy places by the roadside J 

 Little Cataraqui Creek ; Waterloo ; banks of the Plumber, near 

 Toronto ; Princes Island, Hamilton, Judge Logie ; Ramsay, Rev. 

 J. K. McMorine, M.A. ; Ke-we-naw Pointy in wet soil, R. Bell 

 jun. ; Belleville, low rich grounds, not rare, J. Macoun; Prescott, 

 common, B. Billings, jun.; Round Lake, W. S. M. D'Urban ; Lake 

 Settlement, and on the river shore near Gatineau Mills, D. McGilli- 

 vray, M.D. ; Newfoundland, Miss Brenton, in Hook. Bor. Am. • 

 Osnabruck and Prescott Junction, Rev. Dr. Epstein ; on Judo-e 

 Malloch's fiirm and elsewhere about Brockville ; Dartmouth River 

 Gaspe, John Bell, B.A. ; St. Fereol, Abbe Provancher. 

 Abundant on uncleared land along the Bedford Road, where the 

 dried fronds are used by the farmers as winter-fodder for sheep. 

 Augmentation of Granville, C. E., J. Bell, B.A. ; near Konioka, 

 C. W., W. Saunders. This fern is common also in the Northern 

 States. I have a lax form, with long stipes and remarkably short 

 somewhat triangular pinnae, from Schooley's Mountain. 



SCHIZ^A. 



[>S^. pusilla, Pursh. — Newfoundland, De la Pylaie. I have no 

 further information respecting its occurrence in British America. 

 Professor A. Gray indicates its distribution in the United States 

 thus : — "Low grounds, pine-barrens of New Jersey, rare," which is 

 not at all favorable to its being found in Newfoundland or Canadal 



