1891. | SEELYE—ON INDIGENOUS FERNS. 19t 
A. aculeatum, var. Brauntt, Koch. 
Woodsta obtusa, Torrey. 
W.. Llvensts, R. Brown. 
W. hyperborea, R. Brown. 
W. glabella, R. Brown. 
Lygodium palmatum, Swartz. 
Botrychium simplex, Hitchcock. 
B. Lunaria, Swartz. : 
An examination in detail of the above list will show that some of 
the species are rare in the whole country, some rare in the State for the 
reason that their range is either farther south or west, or farther north. 
Chetlanthes vestita, Swartz, has only been found in this State in one 
spot, on Manhattan Island. Its rangeisfarthersouth. Pel/ea gracilis, 
Hook, and P. atropurpurea, Link, are rare both in the State and 
elsewhere in the country. Woodwardia angustifolia, Smith, is never 
found far from the Atlantic coast. Asplenium montanum, Mchx., 
has been found in this State only in Ulster County. A. Ruta-muraria, 
L., is a scarce species in the State. Scolopendrium vulgare, Smith, is 
known in this State only at a few stations in Onondaga and Madison 
Counties. Phegopterits polypodioides, Fée, is found only in the 
northern and mountainous parts of the State. <Aspidium fragrans, 
Swartz, has been found in this State only at Lake Avalanche in the 
Adirondac mountains. A. Boottii, Tuck., occurs in the’ southern and 
central part of the State. A. aculeatum, var. Braunit, Koch, belongs 
to the north, as do also the Woodstas. Lygodium palmatum, Swartz, 
is a local species, being found in this State only in Greene County, and 
possibly one other station. Botrychium simplex, Hitch., and JB. 
Lunarta, Swartz, are both rare in the State, only a few stations for them 
being known. 
With the exception, therefore, of the very rare species and those 
with which our latitude is out of range, the locality of Rochester shows 
a complement of the species belonging to the State. <A few of these 
species are rarely found here, even careful collectors not having met 
them ; and this inspires the hope that some species not yet known to 
the locality may yet be discovered by future explorers. 
In addition, the writer has to say that the list has been formed by com- 
paring and combining with his own the records of the following named 
persons, who have kindly supplied them for the purpose: Dr. Anna H. 
Searing, Mr. George T. Fish and Mr. Joseph B. Fuller, all of this city. 
Each of the records contains one or more species not in the others, 
and it is believed that the list as now offered is nearly or quite complete 
