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Botrychium onondagense Underw. Bull. Torrey Club 30: 47. 



1903. (Type from Onondaga county, New York, Under- 

 zvood. 



Range : Central New York, northern Michigan, Montan 



Botrychium tenuifolium Underw. Bull. Torrey Club 30: 52. 

 1903. (Type from Alexandria, Louisiana, Hale,) 

 Range : Southern States from Alabama to Louisiana and Mis- 

 souri. Closely related to B. obliqmim Muhl. 



SCHIZAEACEAE 



Actinostachys Germani Fee, Mem. Foug. 11 : 123. pi. 29. f. 



j. 1866. (Type from Guadeloupe, DesJiaies). 



This remarkable discovery of Mr. A. A. Eaton in South 

 Florida adds a fourth member of this family to our flora, and 

 gives to a hitherto rare and local tropical species an unexpected 

 distribution. Like ScJiizaea pusilla y this new species, although 

 larger, is still so inconspicuous that it would be readily passed 

 over by any except the most careful collector of ferns, and quite 

 likely has a much wider range than has hitherto been attributed to 



it. The genus is closely related to Schizaea but has penicillate 

 spikes. 



Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw. Jour. Bot. Schrader 1800- : 



106. 1801. 



Ophioglossum japonicum Thunb. Fl. Jap. 328. 1784. (Type 

 from Japan, Thunb erg.) 



Escaped from cultivation near Thomasville, Georgia, and at 

 several places near Mobile, Alabama, where it is growing like a 

 wild plant. Mr. W. D. McNeill has sent me a fine series of speci- 

 mens which were very naturally taken for a native species by their 



collector. 



POLYPODIACEAE 



Polypodium hesperium Maxon, Pro 

 200. 1900. (Type from Wash 

 A segregate from P. vulgar* whi 



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westward to the Pacific. 



