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two grew side by side and showed no striking difference 
in habit and general appearance. 
The Clinton fern was not found except in two of the 
swamps visited, while the crested fern was quite com- 
mon, especially in the alder swamps. The Clinton . = 
fern evidently prefers woodland swamps with larger 
trees. In such a woodland, in which a small ravine © 
spreads out into a little swamp, I found a few plants — 
of the Clinton fern and also a few plants of the se Sota | 
_ between this and d Dryopteris intermedia. : oe 
2 Te. me the most" “interesting: find in the region was 
ps, that of nun ts or clumps of D. cristata ae 
osa Chr. is was found ‘ 
sw. wamps, ae quite as abundant as B fern, which : 
. was frequent, especially in the ude swamps. Some 
‘idea of its growth may be gained if I state that from 
one clump I removed over twenty fronds, but that no 
Sypatent difference i in its-size was pigehine: notices 
