PRO1IP VI FERTILE AND STERILE FRONDS LEAF-LIKE 

 AND USUALLY SIMILAR ; FRUIT-DOTS ROUND 



iniscences of Botanical Rambles in Vermont," 

 published in the Torrey Bulletin, July, 1897, Mr. 

 Pringle describes his first discovery of this species : 



" I was on the mountain [Willoughby] on the 4th 

 of August and examined the entire length of the 

 cliffs, climbing upon all their accessible shelves. 

 Among the specimens of Woodsia glabella brought 

 away were a few which I judged to belong to a 

 different species. Mr. Frost, to whom they were 

 first submitted, pronounced them Woodsia glabella. 

 Not satisfied with his report, I showed them to Dr. 

 Gray. By him I was advised to send them to Pro- 

 fessor Eaton, because, as he said, Woodsia is a criti- 

 cal genus. Professor Eaton assured me that I had 

 Woodsia hyperborea, . . . another addition to the 

 flora of the United States." 



Later in the year Mr. Pringle made a visit to 

 Smugglers' Notch on Mount Mansfield, when he was 

 " prepared to camp in the old Notch House among 

 hedgehogs, and botanize the region day by day." 

 This visit was rich in its results. The most nota- 

 ble finds were Aspidium fragrans, Asplenium viride 

 Woodsia glabella^ and Woodsia hyperborea. 



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