KINGMAN: CALIFORNIA FERNS a 
At least two other subgenera, Glaphyropteris (D. decus- 
sata and some few other species) and Steiropteris (D. 
deltoidea and five or six others) are represented in tropical 
America and the recently by me proposed new genus 
Stigmatopteris belongs to the Dryopteridee. The Ol 
World’s species belong partly to the same subgenera, partly 
ss others not Dae dating in America. Stigmatopteris, 
ad are racgstieed American. 
Gaede NoveMner, 1910. 
Notes on | Southern 
c. C KINGMAN 
During the past year, which I have spent in Southern 
California, I have had opportunities for collecting and 
studying the western ferns in their native haunts, and I 
have enjoyed tramping over the mountains and exploring 
the canyons in search of these interesting plants. 
At Pasadena, where I have spent most of my time, 
the foothills rise directly back of the city, and back of © 
these hills lie the San Gabriel Mountains, a bold range : 
of mountains having an elevation of five thousa | feet, 
with several peaks, such as Mt. Lowe and Mt. Wilson, < 
rising a thousand feet higher. These mountain sides are 
very steep and are difficult to climb, except by following 
the trails. On ort side ios perro 
