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FKHN-KI.OUA OF CANADA. 



plaiH's ; ahuininnt in Ontario, «'xtiMidin>; to Manitoba; I'oinmon also in ^iiobt*i\ Local in 

 N«nv Mriniswifk and Nova Scotia. (>ranil Falls; Resti^-ouclu* i St. John Kivor; Uartlov's 

 F'alls ; Newport. 



.V C. MONTANA, hiMiiliardi. Aftninfahi liladdcr /•'••r;;. l'"roiuis nearly a foot in 

 ItMi^flh, I'rt'rt, arlsinyf at inlt'rvals from tin* slondi'r horizontal cri'i'pin^ rhi/onie ; stipi* 

 miu'h long-cr than lht> l.imina, with Hcattorod si'alus ; lamina trian^^'ular, or pi>nta')^onal, in 

 oiitlitu', Irijiinnati', thin ami di«licate ; pinnules ohlonj^'-ohtuse, sli^fhtly toothfd. 



Qin'hiu\ Rocky iMountnins, l.nhrador. -Ow the mountains, usually at hif^'h I'lrva- 

 tlons, hut r.iri" on this I'onrnuMt, and still m ir«.? so in northern Kuropo, tho only other 

 ri'^^^ion wlu'tt' it ^rows. Rocky Mounl.iins, hy streams ; in a ccd.ir swamp nc.ir silver 



rnmc noi 

 Labrador. 



th of Current River, Lake .Superior ; on northern face of Mount Albert, Gas 



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GKNUS VL- AliantUXn. LINN.KUS. Maidenhair Fern. 



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A. pr:i>ATt'M, Litin. Stalked Fan Fern or Anwriran Maidenhair. Rhi/ome wiry, 

 much brancheil, creepinjf ne.ir the surface ; stipe d.irk chestnut colouretl or bl.ick, 

 sliininj^, erect, forked at top, the forks curved downwards and branched on their upper 

 siiles, the branches bearinj>; oblique trianj^ular-oblonj^ pinnules, the whole frond fan-like. 

 Fronds wither in autumn. This is one of the most highly prized of our ntitive ferns, 

 whether iov cultivation or in herbarium specimens. 



Var. RANdlFisRiNiM, Rurj^ess. -Pinnules longer-stalked, deeply cleft on the upper side 

 into narri>w sharply-toothod lobes, the divisions resemblinj^- the branching of the horns 

 of the reindeer. 



Ontario: — Not rare in Ontiirio, usually g'rowinjf in the woods, in spots where there is 

 an accumulation of vegetable mould, — as about Kinj^ston ; Newboro ; Farmersville ; 

 Toronto; Relleville ; Wolfe Island; Ramsay; Hamilton; London. Quebec: — Quebec 

 City and westward; .St. Joachim and Isle St. P.aul ; River Routje ; at Mt. Albert, Gaspe; 

 West Ilawkesbury; Granville. Xe7v Brunswick: — L'pper Restij^-ouche; Upper .St. John ; 

 near Woodstock; Keswick Ritl^e ; Andover ; Moose Mountain. Xorui Scotia: — New- 

 port, near plaster pits ; Archibald's mill, I'pper Musquodoboit. liritish Columbia: — 

 (^ueen Charlotte Islands and Gold Stream, Mt. Finlayson, where the variety, rangiferi- 

 Hiiniy was found. 



GENUS v^iL— Oheilanthes, Swartz, up Fem. 



I. Ch. lanl'OINOSA, Nuttall. Woolly Lip Fcrn.-^\\\7.o\wc short, knotted: stipe 

 three or four inches long-, slender, wiry, with woolly hairs that are lost as the frond 

 matures ; lamina about as long as the stipe, oblong-lanceolate, tripinnate or tripinnatifid, 

 the ultim.ite segments minute, upper surface hairy, lower matted with wool. 



North West Territ'jry, &c. : — Rocky Mountains; Bow River. British Columbia. — 

 New Caledonia ; North Thompson River ; Black Canyon. 



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