30 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [March 



" OsMUNDA REGALIS — Hab. a Nova x\Dglia ad Carolinum, 

 Pluckn. tab. 1.81, f. 4 ;" is the true plant. 

 * " OsMUNDA ciNNAMOMEA — Baise Caroline ;" is the true plant. 



" OsMUNDA INTERRUPTA — Kentucky" and a second specimen 

 with the same name marked "Canada;" are 0. Glaytoniana, 



" OsMUNDA ViRGlNiCA — Moris. iii., sect. 14, tab. 4, fig. 5, a 

 Canada ad Virginiam et in montibus Carolinse ;" is Botrychium 

 virginianum. 



" Osmund A lunarioides — in pascuis sabulosis juxta 

 Charleston ;" one specimen of the ordinary form Botry, 

 lunarioides ; a very small two-fronded specimen on another 

 sheet is marked " Osmunda lunarioides ? innominata au bord de 

 monte a peine." 



" Cteisium palmatum — Hab. in occidentalibus Virginias, 

 Carolina3 septentrionalis ad Kentucky, Tennessee;" a good speci- 

 men of Lygodium palmatum ; a second specimen is marked " Sur 

 Obed river, Dady's creek et plusi. creeks a 25 miles de West 

 Point sur Clinch river." 



" Ophioglossum vulgatum — New Jersey ;" the true plant. 



" Ophioglossum bulbosum — in sabulosis Carolinse ;" two 

 small specimens slightly bulbous, one of them 2 — 3-fronded. 



PoLYPODiU3i Plumula — One frond of this species is in the 

 herbarium bearing no label. 



These comprise all the Filices which are shewn as Michaux's, 

 and kept separate from the general herbarium. 



PURSH'S FILICES. 



[I have Prof. Eaton's very full notes on the North American 

 ferns contained in the Hookerian herbarium at Kew, from which I 

 extract the following relating to one or two of Pursh's more obscure 

 species. The references are to his Flora Americas Scptentrionali^•, 

 vol. ii. London, 1814. — W.] 



<' WOODSIA HYPERBOREA" — -(p. 660) is the normal form of 



W. llvensis. 



" AspiDiUM noveboracense '' — (p. 661) is A. Thelypteris ; 

 it was contained in the species cover of Asplenium thelypteroides. 



" AsPiDiUM filix-mas " — (p. 662) was included in the 

 species cover of Aspidium Goldieanum, and consisted of a mix- 

 ture of that species and A. cristatum. 



" Aspidium asplenioides " — (p. 664) is good Aspleniuyn 

 Filix-foemina, and 



