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misprint for B. lunarioides as I learn from Dr. Collins himself. 



Cheilanthes vestita was placed in the state list from Gibson county, pre- 

 sumably on the authority of Dr. Schneck's Wabash flora, but in a recent 

 letter Dr. Schneck informs me that it does not grow in his vicinity but 

 farther to the southwest in Illinois. There is therefore no certainty that 

 it belongs to our flora. 



The only other doubtful plant is Equisetum sylvaticum, which seems 

 out of place in southern Indiana. No specimens of the original collection 

 were saved as is too commonly the case in the construction of local floras. 



The published state catalogue* may be taken as a datum line for further 

 reports ; the additions to the state flora since its publication are as follows : 



1. Dnjopterh spinulosa intermedia (Muhl) Underw. Was first collected 

 and identified by W. S. Blatchley, in Monroe county, and later in Vigo 

 county. G. C. Hubbard collected it in Putnam county, where it is not 

 uncommon. 



2. Asplenium ebenoides R. R. Scott. A single spond of this species (sepa- 

 rate from the main specimen) occurs in the Wabash College herbarium 

 collected in Jefierson county, by J. M, Coulter. It is a rare fern and by 

 many is regarded as a hybrid. It should be sought where its supposed 

 parents, Camptoi^onis and Asplenium platyneuron, occur. 



3. Equisetum laevigatum A. Br. Is reported by Rev. E. J. Hill, from Lake 

 county, and its distribution is likely to be more extensive, as it might be 

 confused somewhat easily with E. hyemale, which is widely distributed. 



4. Lycopodium lucididum Michx. Was first collected by G. C. Hubbard 

 and D. T. McDougal, at Fern, Putnam county. It is somewhat common 

 in the ravines at that place. 



The following species, which appear in neighboring states, are to be 

 looked for in this state: 



Cheilanthes gracilis (Fee) Mett. (C. lanuginosa) Illinois. 



Woodwardta areolata (L.) Moore. ( W. angustifolia) Michigan. 



Dryopteris crislata (L.) A. Gray (Rang includes Indiana.) 



Asplenium montanum Willd. Ohio, Kentucky. 



Botrychium matricarisefolium A. Br. Ohio. There would seem to be no 

 reason why this and some of the other small species of Botrychium should 

 not be found In this state. They are small and often grow in grassy woods 

 and are, therefore, easily overlooked. 



■••■Catalogue of the Phaenogamous and vascular cryptogamous plants of Indiana, by 

 editors of the Bot. Gazette and C. R. Barnes, 1881. 



