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Prof. Kunze on‘some Ferns of the United States. 81 
States have been communicated to me; ‘their description, and 
—_ further notes on some North American ferns, are here offere 
botanists of the Union, who will-oblige me exoaedingty 
ri communicating ferns, not known to me, and thereby ce ahaeed 
investigations on this fami 
most complete enutheration pat known to me is that a 
Nuttall’s, (1818,) and the mae supplement has been furnished 
by Hooker (Flora Bor. Am., 1840). Many other data may be 
gleaned. from numerous journals and other works, to collect and 
arrange which will be the task of some American botanist ; 
here offer merely some notes on the distinction of nearly related 
ferns, on some additional ser ~ a few v Spee remarks, in 
which I follow Nuttall’s arrangem 
“Eauisetum.—I have nothing to id to A. Saran’ s + and Engel- 
mann’s Memoir in this Journal, vol. xlvi. 
Lycoropium—L. Selago, oe found m reciiand, on the 
mountains of New England (E. "Puckerman, Jr.), and mi rocks 
at the falls of Broad River, North Carolina ir gps !).—L. alopecu- 
roides, L.., on meadows between Quincy and Aspalaga, Florida 
(Rugel !). re elongated form densely covered with small leaves. 
was.collected on Lake Tamony, Florida, by Rugel !—A similar 
elongated. variety is L. — L. 8. Bigelovii, Tuckerm. ! 
Carolinianum, Big., L. Bigelovii, Oakes and Tuck. !) from 
outh, Mass. (Tuckerman!), and from Covington, Louisian 
(Drummond !).—L. annotinum, L. 8. Spach Monogr. (L. pun- 
gens, Desv., L. annotinum, %. montanum, Tuckerm.! L. sabi- 
lium, Beck, non Mich. fide Tuckerm.) has been found, not 
only in Newfoundland and Labrador, but also on the White 
Mountains of New Hampshire (A. Gray! and Tuckerman !). 
—L. dendroideum, Mich. (L. obscurum, L.) has been found as far 
— as the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee (Rugel !).—JL. 
arissus, A. Braun,* nearly related to L. complanatum, 
pe but probably well distinguished, grows also onthe Chivi 
Mountains, Cherokee County, North Carolina (Rugel!).—Z. 
lucidulum, Mich, oneand a half feet high, New England, ( ges 3 
erman !) of. commén’size on. the- Black Monntains, North © 
=e. rupestre, 1.., is widely distributed in Amerie 
and. from California to Mexico and Peru. Beyrich has 
sflleged it in the Southern States, and Rugel on the Broad river 
wo dpanins paren ears suppenan, that L. ma 
* Nore gy A. sae ro Cha cyparintis is a in Wildenow’s. et 
rium from Canada, se vi Rie meni tt aa ct ata a patie (tog 
lanatum. o — author pgs mostly to L. d gitatum, (Diliens) — 
» Braur C wits qiestionable whe reg true Linnean L. complanatum, has been 
} @ specimen collected in Kamtschatka by Ermann -can- 
eon youre ce Ameria; as it shows ificati abi 
no fruc toe 
1 ces ot tion, j from a speci 
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