FERNS. 311 



Botrychium virginiaiium (L.) Sw. Schrad. Journ. Bot. 1800, pt. 2 : 111. 1801. 



VIRGINIAN GRAPE FERN. 



Osmunda virginiana L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1064. 1753. 

 Gray. Man. ed. 6, 695. Eaton, Ferns N. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 695. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 253. Chap. Fl. 599. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick to British Columbia ; Eastern 

 United States. 



ALABAMA: Throughout the State. Shady woods. Local and rare. Cullman 

 County. Mobile County (the reduced form, B. gracile Pursh). 



Type locality : "Hab, in America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



POLYPODIACEAE. Fern Family. 

 POLYPODIUM L. Sp. PL 2 : 1082. 1753. POLYPODY. 



Three hundred and fifty species or more, mostly tropical and largely American. 

 North America 11. 



Polypodium polypodioides (L.) Hitchcock, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard 4:156. 1893. 



HOARY POLYPODY. 



Acrosticlmm polypodioides L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1068. 1753. 



Polypodium incanum Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3 : 1645. 1806. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, C80. Chap. Fl. 588. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 197, L 26. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 562. Underwood, Native Ferns, 83. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL, CHILE, SOUTH AND EAST AFRICA. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Florida to West Virginia, Kentucky, southern 

 Ohio, southern Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Shady and exposed places on trees and rocks. Mobile 

 County, on trees, common. Tuscaloosa County. Cullmau County, 800 feet, rocky 

 banks. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia, Jamaica." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polypodium vulgare L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1085. 1753. COMMON POLYPODY. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 680. Chap. Fl. 588. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 237, t. 31, f. 1. 



EUROPE, NORTH AFRICA, ASIA, JAPAN. 



Boreal region to Carolinian area. Ontario, Hudson Bay to Vancouver Island, 

 New England to New Jersey, south along the mountains to Georgia, Arkansas, and 

 Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rocky woods. Winston County, banks of Sipsey 

 fork, 1,500 feet. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 1,600 feet. June to August; 

 infrequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae rimis rupium." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ADIANTUM L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1094. 1753. MAIDENHAIR FERN. 



Sixty-seven species, largely of tropical America. North America 5. 

 Adiantum capillus-veneris L. Sp. PL. 2 : 1096. 1753. VENUS' s HAIR. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 680. Chap. Fl. 591. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 281, t. 37. Underwood, 

 Native Ferns, 89. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 563. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 666. 



EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL, OCEANIA. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Central Kentucky, southern Missouri and 

 Arkansas to Utah and California, south from Tennessee to Florida, and southwest 

 Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Damp limestone cliffs. Mont- 

 gomery County, Pentulalla Creek. Dallas County, wet rocky banks of Alabama 

 River. Monroe County, shaded rocky borders of brooks, Perdue Hill. Mobile 

 County, adventive on damp shaded brick walls, first observed in 1890. June to 

 August. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Europa australi." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Adiantum pedatum L. Sp. PL 2 : 1095. 1753. MAIDENHAIR. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 680. Chap. Fl. 590. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 135, 1. 18, f. 1. Wats. 

 Bot. Calif. 1 : 342. Underwood, Native Ferns, 90. 



