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3. P. DKNSA, llodki'i-. '/'/ii/>rtrkc>in'thr,',orOn\iri>ii, Cliff ii rake. — Rliizoiiu< ili-nsely 

 tultril ; stipi's about (> iiulu-s Ioiilt, sli'iuli-r, wiiy ; laiuiiia triaiii^^iilar or i>i'Hta_vjoiial in 

 oiilliiu", Iripiunali', tlu' iiltiinati- sfi^nu-nts linear, |)oinli.Hl, (.-losi'l)' si-t ; (inl'i-rtili' f'rotuU 

 V(.'r\' lan*, tlu'ir si\u;ini'nts wiili'r, ami si'rraU'il). 



l\.\Ki;. (Jiii'luu/'nn'iiir,': On \.'\\>osc\.\ roi'ks, Mount .\ll)crl, Claspc. /h-ifis/i CdIhiii- 

 bht : \'ancou\rr, anil CascaiU* Mountains. 



ClI'.Xl'S X. OryptOjrammO, i;. Muown. h'„rk /imkr, or Pnrsln- Frm. 



C. IKISI'A var. .\iKOsriCIIOII>i:s, L-iwson. /'//(• \i>r//i-]\'('st Purslry Frrr, nr 

 AnicrHitii /\i'</: lirakc. Ivlii/onu' stout, iIiMisi'i\ tulliul, i-IialVN- ; slipos palo ov yollowish 

 hi\>wn, vorv sliort in tlu> inlorlilo fronds, lamina inm-Ji ilissortiHl into small tootlu>il or 

 incisi'il lohi's ; liM'tiK- I'romls with lom^i-r stipi's, ami towi'r, narrow, thii'kiMU'd so^im-nts. 



In iMi'vik-os ol'baro rooks ami amont; stom-s, usually at hi^li i-lovations, not iMmmt^n. 

 Norlh-W'ost 'l'oriili>rit.'s, Korky .Mountains, Lasc'.ulos, and on tlu- Antic Coast ; also 

 Lake Suporior. 



t'.i-.xrs XI. Lomaria, ni-sv.Mx. Hard Fem. 



L. SlMCANT, Hosv. \'ortlu'ni Hani AV/v/. -Rliizomo ratlior sU>ul, soaly, with thiok 

 branclunl root-tihros ; stipos of" intortili> t'ronds sliort, lamina prostrate, linoar-lancoolato 

 pinnatifid (comb-like), the lobes linear-obloni;-, flat, slij;htly curved toward the points, 

 mart^in entire ; fertile fiomls erect, lousier than the others, forminj4' a central tuft, 

 pimi.'ititid, below pinnate, the pinn;c or lobes contracted, linear acute, with reflexed 

 marnins, the lower om-s very small. 



British Columbia. — Victoria, \' I., and on the mainland, but limited to the Pacific 

 Coast. Common in Xortlu'rn luirope. 



GKXL'S XII.— ^OOdwardia, Smith. Woochvard's Fern. 



W. \'lKt".lMCA, Smith. l'iri^r/,i/(i/i, or .Vor/ln'riiy Woodwardin. — Rhizome stout, much 

 ekingated, creepinj.;', chalTy ; fronds ag-t^regated, but not tvifted ; stipe stout and lonjj; ; 

 lamina lanceolate, pinnate ; the pinna; lanceolate, pinnatifid, formin^i^' an acute ang-le with 

 the rachis, sori linear-oblong-, arranged in line on either side of tlie midribs of pinnaj 

 and pinnules. 



Ontario. — Millt^rove Marsh, Hamilton ; Heck's Mills near Prescott; Aug-usta; Pelham; 

 Belleville ; Lake Island, Muskoka ; Gull Lake, Addin,i;ton ; I\Ier Bleu, near Ottawa. 

 Quebec: — Near Gaspe Basin. Xova Scotia: — Between Caledonia and Liverpool ; H. Law- 

 son's, North-West Arm, Halifax ; between Liverpool and Jordan River, Shelburne. 



