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I do not remember having seen any southern forms 
that could not be matched from our New England woods. 
And I do not remember any form that does not have 
some so-called “‘athyrioid sori.” It would be interesting 
to hear regarding this from some one who has access to 
the specimens of Lawson or Gilbert 
ASELL SEMINARY, AUBURNDALE, Mas 
Some Southern California ferns 
GEORGE L. MOXLEY 
A mere novice I—one of the younger fern enthusiasts— 
and I have only ine studying the dainty plants.a short 
time. In this time I have found the following ferns: 
Probably the ‘sak common are Gymnopteris triangularis 
(Kaulf.) Underw. and Pellea ibehee (Kaulf.) _ 
Fée. Perhaps next comes Polypodium Scouleri H. & G._ 
Then, on the nener mountain slopes, are found Dryop-- 
teris 
have also collected Woodwardia radicans a ) Sm., Adian- 
tum capillus-veneris L., Pellea ornithopus Hook., a 
another Pellea, which I think is distinet from F. andro- 
_ medifolia, but I am not yet sure. oS 
_ But the most pleasant surprise was when I stumbled : 
upon a station for Cystopteris fragilis (L. ) Bernh., a fern 
that I had never seen but which 1 almost knew a intui 
tion. 
os do not suppose ‘that eke any means completes t 
on 1e of our local ferns, but I have not yet pee 
s any” others. (Of the allies the only one yet ‘identified is 
_ Azolla jiliculoides Lam., which is quite plentiful in some 
