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  Graff: 
  Unreported 
  ferxs 
  from 
  Montana 
  

  

  m 
  was 
  collected 
  on 
  Mount 
  Aeneas 
  

   MacDoueal 
  in 
  IQOI, 
  and 
  B. 
  simpl 
  

  

  W= 
  

  

  1905. 
  Well-preserv-ed 
  specimens 
  

  

  from 
  both 
  these 
  collections 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  herbarium 
  

  

  Montana, 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  strange 
  that 
  further 
  collections 
  of 
  

  

  these 
  species 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  made. 
  

  

  In, 
  glancing 
  through 
  the 
  herbarium 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Mon- 
  

   tana, 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Montana 
  Biological 
  Station, 
  

   the 
  presence 
  was 
  noted 
  of 
  five 
  ferns 
  which, 
  as 
  yet, 
  remain 
  unre- 
  

   ported 
  from 
  the 
  state. 
  Four 
  of 
  these 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Polypodiaceae, 
  

   and 
  the 
  remaining 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  Ophioglossaceae. 
  Though 
  all 
  of 
  

   these 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  and 
  mountainous 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   state, 
  four 
  of 
  the 
  five 
  are 
  not 
  reported 
  by 
  Coulter 
  and 
  Nelson 
  for 
  

   any 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  region. 
  Three, 
  moreover, 
  are 
  

   not 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Piper's 
  manual. 
  The 
  addition 
  of 
  these 
  five 
  

   to 
  those 
  already 
  known 
  Increases 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  and 
  

  

  Montana 
  

  

  Wash 
  

  

  Mountain 
  

  

  region 
  

  

  I. 
  Ophioglossum 
  vulgatum 
  L, 
  Sp. 
  PI. 
  1062. 
  1753. 
  

  

  Flathead 
  County: 
  Flathead 
  Lake, 
  Yellow 
  Bay, 
  August, 
  

   1916, 
  A. 
  W. 
  L, 
  Bray; 
  July 
  i, 
  1917, 
  P. 
  W. 
  Graff 
  1280, 
  with 
  young 
  

   and 
  immature 
  sporangia; 
  July 
  25, 
  191 
  7, 
  P. 
  W. 
  Graff 
  1397 
  ^ 
  ^ 
  

   collection 
  of 
  mature 
  specimens. 
  The 
  three 
  collections 
  were 
  made 
  

   at 
  about 
  888 
  meters 
  elevation- 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  collections 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  fern 
  which 
  are 
  known 
  

   from 
  Montana. 
  They 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  

   of 
  Montana 
  Biological 
  Station, 
  at 
  Yellow 
  Bay 
  on 
  Flathead 
  Lake, 
  the 
  

   second 
  and 
  third 
  collections 
  having 
  been 
  made 
  along 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  a 
  

   meadow 
  which 
  is 
  flooded 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  high 
  water, 
  although 
  

   surrounded 
  by 
  forest. 
  During 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  June 
  this 
  

   meadow 
  5s 
  a 
  shallow 
  pond 
  to 
  the 
  forest 
  border, 
  but 
  during 
  the 
  dry 
  

   month 
  of 
  July 
  it 
  becomes 
  an 
  open 
  field. 
  The 
  fern 
  was 
  found 
  under 
  

   the 
  shadow 
  of 
  the 
  overhanging 
  branches 
  of 
  aspen 
  and 
  alder 
  among 
  

   the 
  grass 
  which 
  had 
  sprung 
  up 
  as 
  the 
  water 
  receded. 
  Numerous 
  

   small 
  patches 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  all 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  meadow 
  so 
  that, 
  In 
  

  

  