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328. Sporobolus asperifolius Thurb.: Ellis and Dodge City, south and west. 



329. Sporobolus confusus Vasey: Garden City, south and west. 



330. Sporobolus indicus R. Br.: Lawrence. 



331. Stipa avenacea L.: Topeka, Lawrence. 



332. Stipa comata Trin. <fe Rupr.: Arkalon (Kellerman). 



333. Stipa viridula Trin.: Topeka, Manhattan. 



334. Tripsacum dactyloides L., var. monostachyon Gr. : Salina, Great Bend. 



335. Trisetum interruptum Buckl.: Arkalon. 



FEKNS AND FILICOID PLANTS. 



Collections of ferns have been made principally by Prof. F. W. Cragin, of 

 Washburn College, assisted by Mrs. Cragin and students of Washburn College. 



336. Equisetum limosum L.: Hutchinson, Great Bend. 



337. Equisetum limosum, var. polystachyum Briick.: Great Bend. 



338. Aspidium marginaleSwz. Shield Fern: Crevices of rocks, Neosho and Walnut 

 valleys; plentiful. 



339. Aspidium thelypteris Swz. Marsh Fern: Ravines, Jackson county; rare. 



340. Asplenium ebeneum Ait.: Base of mossy rocks, southeastern Kansas; occa- 

 sional. 



341. Asplenium parvulum Mart &, Gale: Cowley county; occasional. 



342. Asplenium trichomanes Link: Crevices of limestone rock, Woodson county; 

 not common. 



343. Cheilanthes lanuginosa N. Lip Fern : Ottawa and Barton counties; quite 

 rare. (Found at "Rock City," Ottawa county, by Mrs. C. S. Mason, and sandstone 

 bluffs along Cow creek, in northern Barton county, by Mrs. D. J. Evans.) 



344. Cheilanthes vestita Swz. Lip Fern : About moss-covered rocks, Woodson 

 county; frequent. 



345. Notholrona dealbata Kunze. Calcimine Fern : Northeast face limestone 

 bluffs, lower Kaw, Osage, Neosho, Verdigris, and Walnut valleys; quite rare. 



346. Nothol^ena nivea Desvaux. Little Snowy Fern : Reported from Neosho 

 county. 



347. Pellea wrightiana Hook. Wright's Cliff Brake: Limestone bluffs, Ottawa 

 county; very rare (Cragin). 



348. Phegopteris dryopteris Fee. Ternate Rock Fern: Cliffs, Morris county; rare. 



349. Phegopteris hexagonoptera Fee. Beech Fern: Linn county; very rare. 



350. Polypodium vulgare L. Rock Polypod: Shady rock sides, Morris county; 

 not common ( Smyth). 



351. Lycopodium clavatum L.: Reported from Jewell county (doubtful). 



MOSSES. 



A preliminary list of mosses of the State is here presented, in the hope that it 

 may lead to a more careful study of that interesting branch of botany on the part 

 of some of the students of the State. The principal collectors in mosses are : 



Mrs. E. H. Newman, No. 14 Woodlawn avenue, Potwin Place, Topeka ; Prof. 

 F. W. and Mrs. Cragin, Washburn College, Topeka ; Jerry M. Fields, Alma, Wabaun- 

 see Co.; S. A. Baldwin, Wabaunsee; Miss Mara Becker, Netawaka, Jackson Co.; J. D. 

 Hatcher, Long Island, Phillips Co.; Joseph Henry, Salina (since died); Dr. W. S. 

 Newlon, Oswego; Prof. J. H. Carruth, Lawrence; Rev. John Bennett, Kansas City, Kan. 



The principal authority is Eugene A. Ran, Stony Creek, Pa., as published in the 

 Bulletins of Washburn College Laboratory of Natural History, with a few additions 

 on the authority of Prof. Elihu Hall, of Athens, 111., Prof. Leo Lesquereux, Colum- 

 bus, O., both now dead, and Prof. T. C. Porter, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., also 

 a few original collections. , 



