135 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



CRYPTOCAMIA. 



Class III.— ACROGENOUS CRYPTOGAMS. 



PILICBS. 



Polypodium, L Polypody. 



P. vulgare, L. Common Polypod. Banks of the Delaware River 

 below Gloucester, C. P. Parker; and common on rocks in the northern 

 and middle counties. 



Adiantum, L Maidenhair Fern. 



A. pedatum, L. Common Maidenhair. Rich moist woods. Com- 

 mon in the northern and middle counties, but scarce on the Yellow 

 Drift. Keyport, Monmouth Co., R. W. Brown. 



Pteris, L Brake. Bbacken. 



P. aquilina, L. Common Brake. Thickets and hill-sides. Com- 

 mon throughout the State. 



Var. caudata, Hook. Tailed Brake. Pine barren regions, and con- 

 fined to the Yellow Drift. Brown's Mills, Burlington Co., and near 

 Camden, C. F. Parker; near Tom's River, Ocean Co., N. L. Britton. 



Cheilanthes, Swartz Lip-fern. 



O. vestita, Swartz. Lip-fern. Palisades, C. F. Austin; abundant 

 near Milford, Hunterdon Co., A. P. Garber ; Warren Co., C. F. Parker; 

 Snake Hill, W. H. Leggett. 



Pellsea, Link Cliff-brake. 



P. gracilis, Hook. Graceful Cliff-brake. Rocks in a ravine, Godwin- 

 ville, C. F. Austin, in herb C. F. Parker. 



P. atropurpurea, Link. Purple Cliff-brake. Sparingly on rocks in 

 the northern counties. Limestone cliffs between Newton and Swarts- 

 wood Lake, Wm. Bower ; Sussex Co., C. F. Austin ; Andover, W. H. 

 Rudkin ; near Blairstown, Warren Co., H. H. Rusby. 



Woodwardia, Smith. Chain-fern. 



"W. Virginica, Smith. Virginian Chain-fern. Frequent in pine 

 barren swamps. Occurs also at Bergen Neck and Carlstadt, and in 

 Bergen Co., W. H. Leggett. 



