48 OPHIOGLOSSACEAE 



1. B. simplex E. Hitchcock. In meadows and pastures: N. S. 

 to Pa. and westward. Also in Europe. 



N. Y. On L. I. and up the Hudson Valley to Dutchess Co. 

 N. J. Near Plainfield; reported from near Newton, Sussex Co. 

 Pa. Monroe, Northampton, Berks and Montgomery counties. 



A rare and scattered species whose distribution is not fully 

 understood; perhaps not distinct from the next. 



2. B. tenebrosum A. A. Eaton. In rich moist woods and swamps: 



N. Eng. to Pa. Rare in our area, and scattered. 



Conn. Granby, Goshen, West Goshen, Oxford and New Milford. 



N. Y. Near Riverhead, L. I. 



Pa. Near Mountainville, Lehigh Co. 



3. B. neglectum Wood. In grassy woods and swamps: N. S. 



to Pa., west to Ohio and Sask. Also in Europe. 



Conn. Rare, but throughout the state. 



N. Y. Reported but not definitely known from L. I., otherwise 

 known only from northern Westchester Co. northward. 



N. J. Cranberry Lake, Sussex Co. (according to Mackenzie); 



reported from near Riddleton, Salem Co. 

 Pa. Wayne, Monroe, and Lehigh counties. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, O: Older Formations, increasing north- 

 ward. 1 1 7-2 10 days.* Sea level-4,020 ft. 



4. B. obliquum Muhl.: Willd. In moist woods or thickets: 



N. H. to Wise, south to Ga. and Ark. Also in Jamaica. 



Widely distributed throughout the range except the pine-barrens. 



5. B. dissectum Spreng. In low woods or thickets or on wooded 



slopes: N. Eng. to Va., Ky. and Ind. 



Throughout the range, less common in the pine-barrens than 

 elsewhere. 



6. B. lanceolatum (S. G. Gmel.) Angs. In meadows and moist 



woods: Greenl. and N. S. to Pa., west to Colo., Wash, and 

 Alask. Also in Eu. and Asia. 



Conn. Rare and local over most of the state. 



N. Y. Westchester and Rockland counties, increasing and becom- 

 ing common northward. 



N. J. Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Warren and Sussex counties. 

 Rare. 



* For explanation of these figures see Introduction paragraphs 59-63. 



