1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 77 



8. CYSTOPTERIS 



1. Cystopteris fragilis Bernh., in Schrad. Neues Jour. Bot., vol. 1, 



p. 27. 1806. 



Polypodium fragilis L., Sp. PI., p. 1091. 1753. 



Filix fragilis Underw., Our Native Ferns, ed. 6, p. 119. 1900. 



Type locality. — ' ' Habitat in collibus Europae f rigidioris. ' ' 



Range. — In America from Newfoundland to Alaska, south to 

 Georgia, New Mexico, and southern California. Europe. Asia. 



Zane. — Transition to Arctic-alpine. 



Specimens examined. — Plumas County, Mrs. Austin, August, 1882 ; 

 Webber Lake, Lemmon ; ridge south of Donner Pass, 8,500 feet, Heller 

 7179 ; Pyramid Peak, W. S. Atkinson in 1900 ; high mountain south 

 of Donner Pass, Torrej^ in 1865 ; Lake of the Woods meadow, Tahoe, 

 under a large boulder, 8,400 feet, Smiley 53 ; Angora Lake, cliffs at 

 7,600 feet. Smiley 10 ; Glen Alpine, 7,000 feet, Smiley 200 ; Yosemite 

 Valley, Torrey 599 ; Crabtree meadows, Tulare County, 11,000 feet, 

 Culbertson (B4352).* 



9. WOODSIA 



1. Woodsia scopulina D. C. Eaton, Can. Nat., vol. 2, p. 90. 1865. 



Type locality. — "Rocky Mountains near 40° north latitude, Parry, 

 Hall and Harbour." 



Range. — Alaska and British Columbia, east to the Great Lakes 

 and south to California, Arizona, and Colorado. Also Gaspe Penin- 

 sula, Quebec. 



Zone. — Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. — Sierra County, Lemmon in 1874; Sierra 

 Nevada (without locality), 10,000 feet, J. Muir; rock crevices on 

 Tamarack trail, Tahoe, 8,000 feet. Smiley 255; Mono Pass, J. Cong- 

 don, August 26, 1895. 



Reported as common about Bullfrog Lake, Tulare County, 10,600 

 feet.«^ 



* In this list specimens cited as "Culbertson (B4352)" refer to plants col- 

 lected by Culbertson but distributed to the various larger herbaria as a part of 

 C. r. Baker's general distribution. 



