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D. SPINULOSA DILATATA (Hoffm.) Undcrw. Aspidium spinu 

 losum var. dilatatum Hook. 



Deep woods. Ohio : near Wheeling (Mertz & Gutten- 

 berg). 

 D. SIMULATA Davenport, Bot. Gaz., 29:495 (1894). 



Aspidium spinulosum var. Prel. Cat. Fl. W. Va., 482 

 (1892). Comparing my specimens from the deep, wet 

 woods of Randolph Co. with specimens of D. simulata re- 

 cently sent me by Professor Davenport, I find them identical. 

 In publishing the species Professor Davenport includes it 

 under Dryopteris as well as Aspidium, Nephrodium and 

 Lastrea. 



In deep, wet woods under Black Spruce. Randolph : neai 

 Cheat Bridge, and Shades-of-Death (Millspaugh). 

 D. CRISTATA (L.) A. Gray. Aspidium cristatum (L.) Sw. 



Swampy places. Preston: near Cranberry Summit (Mertz 

 & Guttenberg) ; near Reedsville and Terra Alta (Mills- 

 paugh) ; near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 D. GOLDIEANA (Hook.) A. Gray. Aspidium Goldieanum Hook. 



Rich moist woods. Preston : near Cranberry Summit 

 (Mertz & Guttenberg) ; near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele) 

 Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 D. FILIX-MAS (L.) Schott. Male-fern. Aspidium Fili.i'-mas Sw. 



Rocky woods. Gilmer : near Glenville (Map el). 

 D. MARGINALIS (L.) A. Gray. Aspidium marginale Sw. 



Rocky hillsides in rich woods. Tucker : near Parsons 

 (Greenman, 28). Gilmer: near Glenville (Map el). Kan- 

 awha : near Charleston (James). Fayette: near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttall). Grant: near Bayard (Millspaugh). Preston: 

 near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 



POLYSTICHUM Roth. 



P. ACROSTICKOIDES (Michx.) Schott. Christmas Fern. Aspidium 



acrostichoides Sw. 



Rocky woods. Upshur : beyond Buckhannon. Randolph : 



near Cricard (Millspaugh). Webster: near Tater Knob 



(H. H. Smith, 1509). Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). 



Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Preston: near Aurora 



(Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Barbour: near Tygart Junction 



(Greenman, 35). 

 P. ACROSTICHOIDES vScHWEiNiTZii (Beck). Aspidium achrosti- 



choides Schweinitzii (Beck.) B. S. P. 



Rocky woods. Jefferson : near Harper's Ferry (Mertz 



& Guttenberg). 



