FERNS. 313 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills, on sandstone rock. Cullman County, 

 800 feet, Lauderdale County, Florence, rocky banks Cypress Creek. Tuscaloosa 

 County. Bibb County, Pratt's Ferry (E. A. Smith}. Not frequent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in montibus saxosis Tennasse"e et Caroliuae septentrionalis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cheilaiithes tomentosa Link, Hort. Berol. 2 : 42. 1833. WEBBY LIP FERN. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 681. Chap. Fl. 590. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 345, t. 45, f. 1-5. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 566. Underwood, Native Ferns, 94. 



Carolinian area. West Virginia, Tennessee, Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Shaded rocks. Cullman County, 800 feet. Blount 

 County, 600 feet, on rocky banks. Talladega County, Alpine Mountain, Signal Sta- 

 tion, 1,800 feet, abundant in dense patches on steep rocky declines. Lauderdale 

 County, clift's on Cypress Creek, 500 feet. August, September; not rare. 



Type locality : Texas or Mexico. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb Mohr. 



PELLAEA Link, Fil. Hort. Berol. 59. 1841. CLIFF BRAKE. 



About 50 species, mostly in arid regions of warmer zones, largely in South Africa, 

 tropical America, and Mexico. Eleven species North American, chiefly from the arid 

 table-lands west of the Mississippi to the Pacific. 



Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link, Fil. Hort. Berol. 59. 1841. PURPLE CLIFFBRAKE, 



Pteris atropurpnrea L. Sp. PL 2 : 1076. 1753. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 682. Chap. Fl. 589. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 2: 61, t. 54, f.4. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 564. Underwood, Native Ferns, 98. 



NORTHERN MEXICO. 



Boreal region to Carolinian area. Labrador, Ontario, British Columbia, New 

 England, west to Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, south to New York, Virginia, 

 Kentucky, and Tennessee, along the mountains to North Carolina, Texas. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Open woods, on rocks. Lawrence 

 County (Peters). Madison County, Monte Sano, 1,000 feet. Lauderdale County, Flor- 

 ence. Clay County, near Mosley, rocky banks Talladega Creek Tuscaloosa County, 

 Tannehill (E. A. Smith). Rather local ; nowhere abundant. 



Typo locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



WOOD WARDIA J. E. Smith, Mem. Acad. Tor. 5 : 411. 1793. CHAIN FERN. 



About 8 species, temperate regions around the globe. 

 Woodwardia areolata (X.) Moore, Index Fil. xlv. 1857. 



Acrostichum areolatum L. Sp. PL 2 : 1069. 1753. 



Woodwardia angustifolia J. E. Smith, Mem. Acad. Tor. 5 : 411. 1793. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 683. Chap. Fl. 591. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 165, t. 22, f. 3. Under- 

 wood, Native Ferns, 103. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Coast of New England to Tennessee and Florida, 

 and west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Over the State, in shaded sandy swamps and low wet woods. Mobile, 

 Baldwin, Clark, Montgomery, Cullman counties. Clay County, banks of Talladega 

 Creek, 1,000 feet. Frequent. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Woodwardia virginica (L.) J. E. Smith, Mem. Acad. Tor. 5 : 412. 1793. 



Blechnum virginicum L. Mant. 2 : 307. 1771. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 683. Chap. Fl. 591. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 2 : 45, t. 52. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2 : 567. Underwood, Native Ferns, 102. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauiau area. Nova Scotia, Ontario, New England, Michigan, 

 Missouri, south to Ohio, and from New York to North Carolina, Florida, Texas, and 

 Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Coast plain. Damp thickets, borders of woods. 

 Russell County (E. A. Smith). Mobile County. Baldwin County, Stockton. Rare in 

 the interior; more frequent in the alluvial region of the coast. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



