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the latter are given also. In arrangiiiu this list I have availed myself of 

 the laboi-s of Dr. Stanley Coulter in his list of the flowering plants and 

 ferns of Indiana in the State Geological Repox-t of 1899. Much botanical 

 sui-vey work has been done in the county (Kosciusko) in which Eiagle Lake 

 is situated by various botanists, among them chiefly Dr. Stanley Coulter 

 and Mr. W. W. Chipman. 



LIST OF PLANTS NOTED A1' EAGLE LAKE AND VICINITY. 



- 1. Botrychium virginianum (L.) S. W. Virginia Grape Fern. 

 In upland forests; not common. 



2. Osmunda regalis L. Royal Fern. 



Vei-y common in the southeastern portion of the lake plain, 

 near Chicago Hill. Frequent in tamarack swamps. 



3. O. cinnamonea L. Cinnamon Fern. 



Not rare in swamps. Quite abundant in a tamarack swamp a 

 few miles southeast of Warsaw. ■ ' 



■' 4. O. claytonia. Clayton's Fern. 



Not rare along Clear Crook mouth. 



5. Onoclea sensibilis L. Sensitive Fern. 



Very common at edges of lake plain in places, especially on 

 the eastern side. Common in low, flat swales. 



6. Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. Brittle Fern. 



Not common. Found in moist, but not wet w«iods. 



7. Dryopteris acrostichoides (Michx.) Kuntze. Christmas Fern. (As- 

 '■'"•' 'pidlum achrosticoides S. W.) 



Not abundant; found on a banlc along Clear Creek. 

 .igjit-lj.ythelyptei-Is' (Ivi) G^t^ay.: Marsh shield Fern. (Aspidinm thetypf&ris 



The most common fern, growing in the flat plains in great 

 abundance, making a distinct strata in places. -- 



9. D. crista ta (L.) A. Gray. Crested Shield Fern. (Aspidium cristatum 



S. W.) <cA-iii'J \)'^.n:->: .':>': .::■_ 



'•■'■'■^' Not very common; found scattered in low, flat woods. 



10. Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.), Fee. Broad Beech Fern. 

 Not very common; found in dry woods. 



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