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lo. L. XovKUOKACKNsis, I'lH-sl. The JVfw York liinkh-r Fern, — F^liizoiiu' iMtlior 

 slendor, cri'i'piiij; ; limuU I'lvit, in rmnpiifl tufts; stiprs vt'rv sIidiI ; l.'imiiui twt'lvi' or 

 fourteoii imlu's in It'iij^tli, (liin aiul palf jj;Tei'n, laiui-olalf, pinnatt*, ivmarkably narrowt'd 

 bi'low, tin- piiiii.L' jutailualiy sinalK'r fi\>in aliove the initlilii" nt'tlu* tVorul ilownwarJs iiiilil 

 tlu'v hi'i'onu' iniTi* aurii'lrs at tlu' haso ilosr \o tlu' }.;;rouiicl ; piiin.x* si>ssili" liiioar or 

 Iini\'ir-IaTu*folat»\ ai'iimiiiali', mori' or K'ss approxitnatr, ilt-rply piiinatiHil ; piiimiK's 

 oblmi^, usually llat, vi'iiis sini[il<.' (not torki'd nor ollicrwisc braiRJicd) ; sori small, c'dniosl 

 in.'irj^inal, ni'vor ronlluont. 



Ill moist shaily woiuls, hut not in wot plricos, and novor founil in marslios or swamps 

 or on till' marj^-ins ot laki's ( whirh aro tho usual hahitatos of A. /'//<7i'/>/<'/'/.s ofton inistaktMi 

 lor this spt'cies). 



Xova Sill/ ill : —Wot-tds at I^i'iU'ord ; Lufyfi'.'kl, Saokvilli> ; Meavor Hank, and other 



plai'es in Halifax County, not rare. \rw Jintns-i'irk : — l.'oinin,>n. /'/ov. Oiii'hvr : - 



jNIount Johnson, .Montreal, Helcvil, Ottawa; Ouehee. Oiitufio: V\\*s\:o\.{\ Kini^'ston ; 



Rf'imsay ; Lakelield; North Hounv, Si-ymour ; Hamilton; I.oiulon ; Toronto; Windsor; 



Port Colhurne; Muskoka; OwenSi>uiul; also Manitoba Islanils, tVc. Xcii</uiintihni(l'. — 

 Miquelon. 



M. L. TuiM.VPTl'.RIs, I'resl. 7'/ic Marsh Buckler Fern. — Rhi/ome slender, ereeptny, 

 branchetl, j^ivinif oil" lateral fronds, and sealy at the j^rowini;' point. I'rontis from half a 

 foot (in eold swamjis) to two or more in height ; stipe as lonj^ ov lontjer than tlu> lamina, 

 which, in the sterile froiul, is laneei>late, but wide at base, pinnate ; pinn.e linear lanceo- 

 late, deeply pinnatilid, se^'iiients or lobes oblong, obtuse ov aeute, usu.ally entire, the 

 basal ones often lont^er. The li-rtile fronds appear later in summer, have lont;er antl 

 stouter stipes, anil the mari,'"ins or edg^es of their se^ment^ or lolnvs an '<>d back 



(revolute) so that they luive a contracted appearance, the pinna' beint; ^ . nently 



narrower and more acute, or acuminate. Sori small, round, tormintj' a line, (an^ often 

 confluent) on each side o'i the midvein, midway between it and the margin, but appearing' 

 maiginal from the involution oK the etlges pf the frond-lobes. Indusium delicate, 

 lacerate, jiflandular. The fronds wither in autumn. 



Marshes, marshy ground, and wet margins of lakes and ponds, not common. 



Ontario : — Swamps in the woods at Kingston, and in the township of Hinchinbrook ; 

 Portland; Krneslown ; Milgrove Marsh, Hamilton; Prescott ; Helleville ; Kamsav, 

 Thorold ; Maiden ; .Muskoka; Parry Sound, I'^ic. Kastern and Central Ontario, general. 

 Manitoba : — Red River Settlement, (McTavish). Oiichcr Prov. : — Montreal; St. Joachin; 

 L'Orig-lnal ; Gntine.iu Mills, o\\ the Ottawa; Temisquata and other places, common. 

 Nova Scotia : — Xorth Mountain ; Lily Lake, county of ILaiifax. A^e~v Bru>is7vick :— 

 Rather common in wet or marsh v places. 



The most westerly localities known for this fern g^re Lake Winnipeg and Red River 

 Settlement. 



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