314 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ASPLENIUM L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1078. 1753. SPLEEXWORT. 



About 330 species, widely diffused over tropical and temperate regions. 

 Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt. Gen. PI. 2 : 251. 1818. MOUNTAIN SFLEKNWOKT. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 683. Chap. Fl. 592. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 61, t. 8, f. 2. Under- 

 wood, Native Ferns, 103. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ken- 

 tucky, and Illinois, to southern Missouri, Arkansas, and southeastern Tennessee. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region and Tennessee Valley. Cletts of sandstone rocks. 

 Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 1,600 feet. Cullman County, highest ridges, 1,000 

 feet. Winston County, Colliers Creek (T. M. Peters), 1,500 feet. Marion County, 

 Pikeville (E. A. Smith). Lauderdale County, Florence (M. C. Wilson). June, July; 

 not rare. 



Type locality: Crevices of rocks along the Schuylkill; also in Tennessee. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Asplenium ebenoides K. R. Scott, Journ. Royal Hort. Soc. 1866 : 87. 1866. 



SCOTT'S SPLEEN wo KT. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 684. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 670. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 25, t. 4, f. 2. 

 Underwood, Native Ferns, 103. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England, southeastern Pennsyl- 

 vania, Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri. Local and rare. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Gravelly shaded hillsides. Hale County, Havana 

 (Miss Tutu'iler). Marion County, on sandstone rock (E. A. Smith). Rare. 



Type locality: Limestone cliff's of the Schuylkill River, near Philadelphia 

 (Scott). 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Asplenium platyneuron (L.j Oakes; Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1:24. 1879. 



EBONY FERN. 



Acrostichum platyneuros L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1069. 1753. 



Asplenium ebeneum Ait. Hort. Kew. 3 : 462. 1789. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 684. Chap. Fl. 592. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1:21, t.4,f. 1. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 566. Underwood. Native Ferns, 104. 



Alleghenian to Louisianiau area. Ontario, New England, throughout the Atlan- 

 tic States to Florida and the Gulf States to Texas, thence to Indian Territory, 

 Arkansas, and Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Copses and rich woodlands. Cullman County. Mont- 

 gomery County, the form with deeply serrated leaves (A. ebeneum var. serratum auct.). 

 Mobile County. August, September; common. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Asplenium parvulum Mart. & Gall. Mem. Acad. Brux. 15 : [reprint 60]. 1842. 



LITTLE EBONY SPLEENWORT. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 684. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 670. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1:279, t. 36, f. 

 5, 6. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 :566. Underwood, Native Ferns, 104. 



MEXICO. 



Carolinian area. South Virginia and Tennessee to South Carolina, west to Texas, 

 Arkansas, and South Missouri. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley to Lower hills. Shaded rocky hillsides, mostly on 

 limestone rock. Lawrence County (T. M. Peters), 1,000 feet. Walker County, Lost 

 Creek. Madison County, Monte Sano, 800 feet. Bibb County, Pratt's Ferry (E. A. 

 Smith). Lauderdale County (M. C. Wilson). Clay County, rocky banks Talladega 

 Creek. July ; not infrequent. 



Type locality : Mexico. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Asplenium trichomaues L. Sp. PI. 2:1080. 1753. MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 684. Chap. Fl. 592. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1 : 271, t. 36, f. 1-3. 

 Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 344. Underwood, Native Ferns, 104. 



EUROPE, ASIA, SOUTH AFRICA, NEW ZEALAND, WEST INDIES, MEXICO, SOUTH 

 AMERICA. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario 

 to Saskatchewan; British Columbia to Oregon and California; New England west 

 to Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas, and Colorado; south from the Ohio Valley to the 

 mountains of Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills. Damp sheltered rocks. Lawrence 



