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746. ADIANTUM, Linn., Cen. PI., No. II80. 



(MAIDENHAIR.) 



(2987.) A. pedatum, Linn., Sp. PL, 1557. Swartz, Sjn. Fil., 121. 

 Michx., Fl. Bor.-Am., ii., 2(;3. Pureli, Fl. Am. Sept., ii., 670. 

 Hook., Fl. Bor.-Am., ii., 264. Provancher, Fl. Can., 714. Lawson, 

 Can. Nat., i., 270. Watt, Can. Nat., iv., 363. Macoun & Burgess, 

 Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., ii., sect, iv., 187. 



A. boreale, PresI, Tent. Pterid., 1.58. 



Is usually found in rich, damp woods, and outside of Ontario is very 

 local in its distribution. Newport, Hants Co., N.S. (Ball.) Arclii- 

 bald's Mill, Upper Musquodoboit, Ualifax Co., N.S. (Jack.) Upper 

 Restigouche and Upper St. John; Keswick Ridge, York Co., N.B. 

 (^Fouler.) Andover, Victoria Co., N.B. (Say.) Moose Mountain, 

 Carleton Co., N.B. (Bailey.) Quebec, Que. (Sheppard.) St. Joachim 

 and Isle St. Paul, Montreal, Que. (Provancher.) Levie; Cap Rouge; 

 and Ste. Rose, Laval Co.. Que. (St. Cyr.) River Rouge, Quo. 

 (D' Urban.) Very common throughout Ontario. (Lawson, Macoun, 

 Burgess, &c.) On the plateau of Mount Albert, Shickshock Mountains, 

 Gaspe, Que. ; Vancouver Island, Yale, and other places in British 

 Columbia. (Macoun.) Plentiful about Victoria, B.C. (Fletcher, Ander- 

 son.) Kootanie Lake, B.C. (J. Anderson.) Queen Charlotte Islands, 

 B.C. (Dawson.) 



Var. rangiferinum, Burgess, Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., iv.. Sect, iv., 11. 



A form with longer stalked pinnules, cleft, on the upper side, into 

 narrow, toothed lobes. At present known only in one locality, viz., 

 shaded rocks overhanging the water, Coldstream, at the base of Mount 

 Finlayson, near Victoria, B.C. (Anderson.) Will probably be found 

 to occur elsewhere on Vancouver Island. 



747. LOMARIA, Willd, (DEER-FERN.) 



(2988.) L. spicant, Desv., Mag. d. Gesellsch. Naturforsch. Freunde 

 zu Berlin, v., 325. Hook. & Bakei', Syn. Fil., 178. Macoun k 

 Burgess, Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., ii., sect, iv., 188. Burgess, Trans- 

 Roy. Soc. Can., iv., sect, iv., 12. 



Blechnum lioreak, Swartz, Schrad. .Tourn., ii., 75. Syn. Fil., 115 Pursh, 

 Fl. Am. Sept., ii., 669. Hook., Fl. Bor.-Am., ii., 263. 



Is confined to the coast of British Columbia west of the Coast Range, 



