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Lake; Nrwlniro-Dii-tlu'-Ridt'au ; Lon^poiiil ; Kamsav ; I'l fsioti ; Hi-lU'ville ; (ItMUT.'il 

 throughout Oiit.'irio ; it is the roininon wooil fi'in. (Jiichci , .Wtc /hitfisicicl', XoTd Sctttia: 

 Common in I hi- woods, I'spt'cially in sea-short- districts. Aniuiul the wooded shores ol" 

 Nova Seotia, as at l^loniiiloii, Canso, \\ hyeoi-oinaj^li, I'arishoro, &e., this fi-rn attains a 

 ^reat si/e, the Ironils risin>j to a hei^^ht of Ihrei" or lour feet. .W-.vfoitndldnd : - 

 I'rohably etiniinon, allhou^li only noticed in a lew localities; I-anj^-lade; Miijuelon. The 

 variety ililntiilK is I'ountl at the Jo^j^'ins, near the month oi the Bay ol' I*'undy ; also in 

 Newfoundland. 



3. L. CRIS'lAlA, I'ri'sl, (^'n'.vAv/ /y«r>('/('^ /'V^/(. -Rhizome sliorl, stontish, branclieil, 

 with sealy adherent stipe stubs. I'Vonds erect, rij^iil, in tufts, from 1 to 3 feet hi,i;h 

 (the infertile ones shorter and less en-ct ). Stipes stout, half as lonif as the lamina, with 

 few scales upwards. Lamina linear-oblong-, or lanceolate in outiiiu', rather lij^^hf ^reen, 

 pimiate or bipinnate ; pinnju numerous, the lower ones apart, short, triang-ular ; pimuiles 

 or sej^ments of pinn.x- mostly adnate (connected at the base), posterior bas.il pinnules 

 scarcely lonj^er than the anterior ones, oblong, bhmt, more or less pimiatifid or incised 

 and serrate, ihe serratures tipped by spinulose points ; veins o\' lobes llexuous, depressed 

 or etched on the upper surface. Soii large, with [)ersislent indusia, numerous princi- 

 pally on the upper half of the frond, forming' a row on e.ich side of the midrib of the 

 lobe, antl nearer to midrib than margin. 



Swamps, swales and bogfg^y g;round, in shelter oi trees i>r buslu-s, not rare. When 

 swamps are cleared of trees, this fern soon disappi-ars. Ontario ;~S\\;un\>y places in 

 woods around King-ston ; Helleville ; Ramsay ; Prescott : Tinonto ; London ; &c. 

 Qurbi'i:—0\.U\.\\;i and tiatineau Rivers; 'Iliree li^ivers ; Lake t)f Three Mountains; 

 Gaspe ; St. Ferreol, &.c. Xetv Bruns"d<ick : — Cieneral throug"liout the I'rovince, but not 

 very common. Nova Scotia: — Common in shaded, swampy g^rounds in iUilifax County ; 

 Queens ; North Mountain ; Cape Breton, &c. 



4. L. BooTTll, Lawson. Dr. liuott's Buckler Fern. — This is supposed to be a 

 hybrid fern, and is intermediate in characters between /,. cristula and A. s(/inuIosti, — 

 difTeringf from the first in its thinner fronds with more acute pimuiles, larger teeth, the 

 posterior basal pinnules beings larg:er than the anterior. From the second named species, 

 it difters in producing- in spring-, early, small, spreading-, barren fronds which are pinnate, 

 with decurrent oblong-obtuse pinnules, like those of L. cristata ; and later, or summer 

 fronds, frequently fertile, which are erect, and largi-r, with decurrent oblong--obtuse 

 pinnules, as in the earlier barren fronds. 



\'ery rare, and scarce where found. Damp g-round near the Sackville River at 

 Bellahill, Halifax County, a small patch, g-rowing- with /. cristata and L. spinttlosa, 

 found by the late Mr. Peter Jack. 



5. L. FlLix-MAS, Fresl. Common Ihicklet Fern, of Eng-land. Fi/ix-tnus of the 

 Materia Medica. Rhizome, short, stout, ascending^ or erect, the crown of frond-buds 



