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the one rising from near the base of the plant, the other about an inch and a half higher 
up. While examples with two sterile fronds, one the product of the previous year, are 
common, in this case the two are the growth of the same season. In addition, these 
fronds are much more membranaceous than usual, lacking, indeed, almost completely, 
that fleshiness so characteristic of this species. Growing with B. lunaria, but rare, at the 
Oatmeal Falls, Rupert River, N. E. Terr. (var. rutæfolium).—J. M. Macoun. Very rare on 
the snow slides near the summit of the Selkirk Mountains, B. Col., on the line of the C. 
P. Ry.—Macoun. Common about Victoria, Vancouver Island, B. Col., amongst bushes on 
the margins of lakes and swamps (var. australe). —J. R. Anderson. 
Var. DISSECTUM, Milde. Very characteristic specimens were collected in 1885, by 
Professor Macoun, in woods near the Whirlpool, Niagara Falls, Ont., where also was 
found an approach to var. obliquum, Milde. 
6.—B. VIRGINIANUM, Swz. Under hardwood trees, Truemanville, Cumberland Co., 
N. S.—H. Trueman. Very abundant in open, boggy woods, and in burnt woods of any 
kind, all around Lake Mistassini, N. E. Terr.—J. M. Macoun. Rather rare on grassy 
slopes, and in open woods, from Laggan in the Rocky Mountains, Alta., to Donald in the 
Columbia Valley, B. Col., along the line of the C. P. Ry.—Macoun. Common in rich woods 
about Victoria, and in other parts of Vancouver Island, B. Col.—J. R. Anderson. The so- 
called var. gracile, Hook. and Grey., is noted in the Rev. Jas. Fowler’s revised list as occur- 
ring on dry, rocky heights at the mouth of the Upsalquitch River, N. B. 
ORDER.—FILICES, Juss. 
Genus I—POLYPODIUM, Z. 
1.—P. VULGARE, L., var. CAMBRICUM, Willdenow, (P. Cambricum, Li.) Specimens refer- 
able to this form, commonly known in England as Welsh Polypody, from its being originally 
collected in Wales, have been found within our limits. They were obtained on rocks at 
Port Simpson on Portland Inlet, B. Col., opposite the southern extremity of Alaska, and 
were furnished by Mr. J. R. Anderson of Victoria, B. Col. The fronds are broader and 
more oval in general outline than in the type, while the primary divisions are acute, 
widened in the middle, and pinnatifid into narrow, variously shaped segments, many of 
which are serrulate. Being fertile, the specimens might be placed under var. semilacerum, 
Moore, sometimes called Irish Polypody, from its having been first noticed in Ireland, but 
Dr. Milde includes this form under var. Cambricum, the original type of which is always 
barren, and I have preferred to follow him. 
Genus II—GYMNOGRAMME, Desv. 
1.—G. TRIANGULARIS, Æaulf. Reported by Mr. J. R. Anderson as common about 
Victoria, B. Col., on bare hills under the shady sides of rocks. 
Genus III—CHEILANTHES, Swz. 
1.—C. GRACILLIMA, D. C. Eaton. Of this species, Mr. Anderson writes to me, “ found 
