2 FLORA OF WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Pellaea Link. Cliff Brake, 

 atropurpurea (L.) Link. 

 Berlin. Prof. G. E. Stone. 

 See Rhodora, vol. ii, p. 14. 



Woodwardia Sm. Chain Fern. 

 virginica (L.) Sm. 

 Webster; R. F. Harper: Gardner; R. F. Cheney. 



Asplenium L. Spleenwort. 



Trichomanes L. On rocky hillsides, not common. 



Millbury; Brookfield. 

 platyneuron (L.) Oakes. 



On rocky hillsides, and along stone walls and fences, 



more common than the last, 

 acrostichoides Sw. 



In rich moist woods, along the margins of swamps 



and on moist roadsides, common. 

 Filix-femina (L.) Bernh. Lady Fern. 



Common along moist roadsides and the edges of wood- 

 lands. 



Camptosorus Link. Walking Leaf, 

 rhizophyllus (L.) Link. 



Brookfield. See statement by Prof. G. E. Stone in 

 Rhodora, vol. ii, p. 14. 



Polystichum Roth. 



acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott. Christmas Fern. 

 acrostichoides, var. incisum Gray. 



The variety is not so common as the species, which abounds in 

 the woods and is very attractive in late autumn with its evergreen 

 fronds. 



