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Yellow River, "abundant"— E". Orr; Lansing — Miss King;: 

 Iowa City — Hitchcock; Des Moines — Mrs. Steavens. 



Southwestern Wisconsin: Galesville — Fammel ; Bloom- 

 iny:dale — Piuumel ; Rockton — PannncI ; La Crosse — ranimel. 



Onoclea sensibiiis L. Sp. PI. 1062. 1753. 



Common in moist, springy pla('es in southeastern Minne- 

 sota, and in La Crosse, Trempleau and Vernon counties, 

 Wisconsin. It forms solid masses in places.. It is confined 

 to the Mississippi river basin. 



Iowa: Moulton—Paniniel ; Cedar Falls — Carver; Ames,, 

 "three miles north of Ames" — Ilifclicock; "northeastern 

 Iowa"^i/e/i/7/; Muscatine, "moist woods, boggy meadows,, 

 and on Islands in the Mississippi river-common" — Reppert; 

 Iowa City — HitcJicock. 



Southwestern Wisconsin: Bloom ingdale^ — Miss Pam- 

 mel and Miss King. 



Onoclea Strutliiopteris. Hoffm. Deutsch. Fl. 2: 11. 

 1795. 



Widely distributed, but never abundant, in deep, rich,, 

 moist woods; frequently reaches a height of five feet. It 

 is more frequent in northeastern Iowa than the localities- 

 indicate. It is abundant in Houston county,. Minnesota, 

 and in La Crosse and Vernon counties, Wisconsin. 



Iowa: Waukon Junction, "banks of the Mississippi 

 River"- .E. Orr; Wild Cat Den—lleppert; Winneshiek 

 County — Lewis; Ames — Panimel. 



Southwestern Wisconsin: Bloomingdale — Miss Pani- 

 mel and Miss King; ^toddBjYd— Pan/ uiel (not represented by 

 specimen). 



tribe woodsie^. 



Woodsia Ilcensis R. Br. Trans. Linn. Soc. 11 : 1 78. 1812. 



This fern has not been reported for Iowa, nor is it com- 

 mon in Houston county, Minnesota. It is local in La Crosse- 

 and Trempleau counties, but abundant on the sandstone- 



