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covoreil willi hiowii si-alcs, I'"roiuls »^iu' to tlirtn* t'lH't in lu'i,i;lit ; slipr imIIut slioil, 

 tli.iIVy ; lainiii.'i latluT hroailly laiurolali', iinpiM'fiH'tly ov lomplt'ti-lv bipiniiato ; piniuiK's 

 ohloiii^-, obtiiso ov ai'iilisli, srnati', riviiati", oi* iiirisfly loliatr, tlu- iiasal oiu's morv i>r 

 K'ss ilistiiut, tlu' iipjiiM- iMiitliuMit (imili'il ov iiiniiini;' into raili otluM), niarL,'^iiiai sorrattiivs 

 not spiniilosf. Soii lunniMoiis, nfairr niiilvi'in than inaixin, usualh ronliiu-il to the lowrr 

 or basal liall of tlu* piiuuilt's ; iiuliisinni liiin, loiMuiish, i-onvrx at lirst, with a notili at 

 its do|irossed fininoli'il ]>oint o\' altailunt'iit to llu- vi-inU-t. 



Raiv, and loral in its distributii^n. This species was not iletinitely known to he a 

 native ol" C'anaila, until ilisenveretl on Owi'ii St>uiul bv tin- late Mrs. Roy, of Koyston 

 I'ark, in iSdh, soon aitei' whieh it was I'ouiul in otluT ilistiiets by si'veral botanists. 

 On/iirlo: — .Anionic loosi> lV;i,L;nu'iils ot roik nnck'r the limestone ilitVs at ii-.n* ol" Royston 

 I'ark, OwiMi Si>niul ; also, vnuleillu' same ranj^'i' ol" elills at a clistaiu'i- of ti'n niiK's larllu'r 

 \\\i the Cieoij4'ian Hay, Lake lliiion. .Voiui Stolin : \\'hyeoeoma,i;h, Cape Breton Islaml, 

 on the Salt Mountain, ( Hr. Lindsay); L'api> Mabou; l.aki> .\inslie ; anil .\spey I^ay, all 

 in Cape Rieton, (A. 11. Maekay). Nevfouiulliutd : Speeimen reeeivetl by the Clerman 

 botanist, l")r. Kunze. Otifhrr : .\btnulant anil wmv luxuriant alonn' the Claspe eoast at 

 I'"ox River, (.Mai'oun). />ri/is/i Cohiiiih'ui : I'ounil b\' Dr. I,\;ill. This is a I'omnu^n lerii 

 in i^ritain anil W'esti'rn I'.urope, olten >;rowiiij4' on b.inks by tiu' i"oailsiili>s. 



6. L. MAIiiilNAI.ls, Presl. Miiri;in:i/-J-'rui/cii />tirklcr I-'fni, Rhizome shoil, vei-y 

 stout, with numerous sealy stipe-l'tases, the i'ri>wn of Iroml-buils i-ovi'reil eopiousl\- witii 

 brii^ht brown ehalTy seales. Fi-onds ereel, in lireular lulls, one to two I'eel or more in 

 length; stipes from six to twelve inehes hij^h prolusely eovereil b.'low with pale thin 

 scales ; lamina from nine lo I'i^hli'en imhes, elon_i.;'ate ovale-oblonj;', ol a rather ilull j.;"ri'iMi 

 colour, somewhat coriaceous (le.ithery), i>iimate oralmo^t bijiinnale ; pinna" lineai-ianceo- 

 late, broad at base ; piiuuiles obloniL;", very obtuse, olisoletely inei->eil. Sori terminal on 

 the veinlets, ami marginal, ap|iearin_i;' jiromini'ntly in a row rouiiil tiu' eilg'cs ol" tiie 

 l^innules. The froml lemains j^ieen i>ver winti'r. 



Rocky banks, both in shady and exposed places, tiie lar^e rhizome enablinti;' this 

 species to resist the heat ami ilrou^'ht of summer. It is exclusivi-ly conlineil to the. 



North American continent, anil is cliielly lounil in the countries lyinyf between the Atlantic 

 and the Western Prairies. 



jVo7>a Scotia : — Redl'ord Rasin, on Part mouth side; round Lily and Rocky Lakes, 



Halifax County ; New Ros.s ; North Mountain ; Gaspereau Valley ; Caledonia ; Cape 



Breton. JVf7i< Bruns-iVick : — Rather common. Quebec : — Cap Tourmente ; Gatineau 



Mills. Ontatio :— Abundant in dry woods arv^und Kin^fston ; near Odessa ; Newboro ; 



Marble Rock and elsewhere on Gananoque River and Lakes ; Farmersville ; Hardwood 



Creek ; Brockville, common ; \'alley of the Trent, o\\ and around the i^reat boulder ; 



Lakefield, North Douro ; Sulphur Spring", LLimilton ; Cedar Island ; Smith's Falls ; 



Ramsay; Prescott; Belleville; Harrington; London, &c. A very largfe form, the fronds. 



bipinnate and the pinnules pinnatiBd, var. Traill.e was found at North Douro by Mrs^ 



Traill. 



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