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1. A. 'ruKllOMANKS, Limi. ('i)iiiiii(in Mtiidcuhdir Sfyh'Of.y'iirl. I'romls tiil'lcil, tii>m 

 a (.'ompai't fliizimu' ; stipt* ami rai'liis lilai'kisli l)ii>\\i), inais^iiu'd ; lamina naiimv, liiu'ar, 

 pinnati' ; piiiiia- rmiiulisli-ohloiii;' or oval, ol)li».|iu', alinosl st'ssilo, iTi'iiatc ; soii ilistant tioin 

 the mitliili. A small IriM (3 to S iiulu-s), with tIarU still' stipos ami small loiiiulish pinna.'. 



()>it(t)it>: - Xt>t rail' in I'fntral ]>ai'ts. I\in_nslon ; Hrockvilk'; iicili'vilU' ; Cianamu|iie 

 Rivor; RiiU'aii Canal; 'J'hoiisantl Islamis ; llamiiton; Ottawa. Oiu-hrc : Cap lour- 

 niiMitt'. Xovd Srofi(t : — Caiiso ; North Mountain. 



2. A. VIlvlDi;, I liaison, (iirrn-std/lci'i/ Sp/i'cu-.iUtrt, Rhi/.onu- sliiL;htl\- luttri.1, i-r»-op- 

 injL,'', with fi'W dark hrown scali's ; fVoiuls a t'l-w inrlu's only in K'li^th, lim-ar, pinnato ; stipi-s 

 less th;in a tliiixl tiu* k'nj4"th ot lamina, roinuK'il on hark. Hat or i'iianm'iri.1 in iVonl, tlark 

 bi\)wn nuM\'l\' at haso, j^iiH'n iipwartls, ami ivu'his i^ri'i'n liki' tlu' jiimia', pinna- ronmlish, 

 oblong' or oval, moii; or less mim'ato at base, slij^htly stalkeil, iienato or slij^-hlly lohetl, 

 delicate, hriv^'hl pale i,''reen ; sori home on the anterior (lorwaril) sidi' ol" the side vt'in, 

 ami near to the mitliih o[' the pinna. In ontlim* o{' tVoml and i;"eiu'ral aspect resembles 

 the i^recedini;", but easily known by the brij^ht j^reen colour o[' stipe ami rachis. 



Xi'-iii /inoisu'ick, Oiwhcc, and .\'utl/i-\\'rs/: li.ispe ; I "ailousac ; Rivii-'ii- du l,ou]i ; 

 St. John, (CI. L'. llay) ; Xorth-W'esl America, and Rock\- .Mountains. 



3. A. IM.ATVNI'.IKON, Oakes. KhanySfi/i'cirii.'or/.- l*'ronvl erect, 6 to i J iiulu's, rachis 

 blackish-brown, shininj;' ; lamina lanci'-lim-ar, pinnate ; pinna- numerous, lanceolate (tiie 

 lower oblonv;) sessi!.', auricled at base, and fmely serrate. 



Onlnrio : — Hrockviile ; Belleville. 



4. A. AN(asTlKi.">LirM, Michaux. Xarmiv-lcavcd SpU'oiry'orl.-VvomX larj^e (i 103 

 feel high) annual, lamina l.-mceolate, pinnate, pinn.'e long, linear lanci'olate, acute, fertile 

 fronds more contractetl than the barren ones. 



Oniixrio : — Maiden ; Oil Wells, Enniskillen. 



5. A. MARINI'M, Linn. Scn-s/iorc Sp/ccuwor/.- Tu\\ci\, from a compact rhizome ; 

 stipe chestnut-brown, polished ; rachis brown below, green ami winged above, broad 

 and leafy, bright green and shining, oblong lanceolate, tapering to a point, pinnate 

 below, pinn;e ovate oblong or linear, oblique, shortly stalked, rarely pinnatifid, the upper 

 pinna' confluent, so that the upper part of the friMid is simply pinnatifid, and towards the 

 tip merely incised ; sori, large, linear, oblique. 



Very rare, and special locality not known. This, in other countries, is a coast 

 plant, growing in the crevices of bare rocks, ami especially in rocky caves, by the sea-shore. 

 There are Nova Scotian specimens in the Kew Herbarium, referred to in Hooker & Baker's 

 Synopsis Filicum, second edition, 1883, but this fern has not recenti}" been fouml in 

 Canada. It grows around the shores of Western Europe, and extends from Orkney, the 

 British Isles, Canaries and Azores, to St. Vincent and South Brazil. 



