5, 



southeast side at ten centimeters above ground. The 

 occurrence of the polypody on the stem of Crataefots sp,, 

 the diameter of which was only eight centimeters, at 

 sixteen centimeters from the ground, v/as indeed surprising 

 for the substratum of the stem of so small ajjtree would 

 seem to furnish no adequate foothold for the epiphyte. 



Fig,2 

 The base of the tnmk of Diospyros virpiiniarm 

 showing the epiphytic fern on the northwest 

 and northeast sides. 



Station #3 was likewise situated on the campus 

 of the Agricultural am Mechanical College, This area 

 comprised all of the trees growing in the immediate 

 vicinity of the buildings and on the streets of the 

 campus, The predominating trees were Ulmus americana . 

 Quercus stellata and Q.. Muehelenbergii , There were also 

 many cultivated shrubs and trees. The epiphyte inhabited 



