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Order V. PTERIDALES (Filicales) : The Ferns. 

 Family 19. Polypodiace^ : Fern Family. 



136. Polystichum acrostichoides Schott. Christmas shield-fern. 



Rocky woods and northern hillsides, Neosho to Cherokee 

 county; occasional. July. (A S U) 



137. Dryopteris noveboracensis Gray. New York shield- fern. 



Woods, Doniphan county; not common. July. (S U) 



138. Dryopteris thelypteris Gray. Marsh shield-fern. Ravines, 



Doniphan county; rare. June. (A S U) 



139. Dryopteris marginalis Gray. Evergreen shield-fern. Crev- 



ices of rocks, S. E. K. ; occasional; abundant in spots. 

 July. (AS) 



140. Dryopteris intermedia Gray. Glandular shield-fern. Damp 



woods, Wyandotte county; rare. July. (S) 



141. Camptosorus rhizophyllus Link. Walking fern. Top of 



limestone bluffs, counties bordering on Missouri river, also 

 in' Wilson and Labette counties; occasional. (A S U) 



142. Asplenium parvulum Martens & Galeotti. Little ebony 



spleenwort. Limestone bluffs, Montgomery county; rare. 

 June. (AS) 



143. Asplenium platyneuron Oakes. (A. ebeneum Alton.) Chest- 



nut spleenwort. Limestone banks, S. E. K., to Neosho 

 county; rare. July. (A S) 



144. Asplenium acrostichoides Swz. Silvery spleenwort. Rich, 



moist woods, Miami to Cherokee county; rare. August. (S) 



145. Adiantum pedatum L. Maidenhair. Shady ravines and 



dense woods, E. K., west to Shawnee county; rare. July. 

 (AS U) 



146. Pellaea atropurpurea Link. Black cliff-brake. Clefts in 



north and northeastern faces of limestone bluffs, E. K., 

 west to Ellsworth and Comanche counties; frequent. June, 

 August. (A S) 



147. Cheilanthes lanosa Watt. (Ch. vestita Swz.) Woolly lip- 



fern. Moss-coveredrocks, Woodson county; rare. July. (S) 



148. Cheilanthes gracilis Mettenius. {Ch. lanuginosa Nuttall.) 



Slender lip- fern. Sandstone bluffs; rare. Found years 

 ago in Ottawa county, at "Rock City," by Mr. S. C. Ma- 

 son, and in northern Barton, near Cow creek, by Mrs. D. 

 J. Evans, both now in Washington, D. C. Not since re- 

 ported, though likely to be found yet at other points in 

 central Kansas. July. (A S U) 



149. Notholsena dealbata Kunze. Calcimine fern; Silver cloak- 



fern. Crevices in northeastern faces of calcareous rocks 

 and quartzite boulders, N. E. to S. E. Kansas; not readily 

 found without attentive searching. June. (A S U) 



150. Polypodium polypodioides Hitchcock. (P. incanum Swz.) 



Hoary polypody; Resurrection fern. Mossy bark of trees, 

 S. E. K. ; rare. July. (S) 



151. Polypodium vulgare L. Rock polypody. Northeastern faces. 



of limestone bluffs, Morris county; rare. June. (S) 



