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slopes where the underground water is in motion; the 

 climax forest on more mesophytic habitats, as has just 

 been pointed out in the last number of the Botanical 

 Gazette (1) is the association dominated by the balsam, 

 birch, and white spruce; the burned over areas soon pass 

 through an aspen and birch forest; while into the lichen 

 heath on top of the rounded rocky hills comes first the 

 black spruce and often a close second the Banksian pine. 

 The following annotated list of the pteridophytes col- 

 lected during the trip it is hoped will be of sufficient 

 interest to justify its publication, although the writer did 

 not specialize to any extent upon the ferns while in the 

 field. Out of about twenty-seven hundred field numbers 

 it develops that two hundred represent ferns and fern 

 allies; and, that all the species that occur in the region 

 were not found, is evident upon comparison with 

 Macoun's Catalogue (2) and with Klugh's Fern-Flora of 

 Ontario (3). Thankful acknowledgment is hereby made 

 for the determination of the specimens by Prof. L. $• 

 Hopkins, the Curator of the Fern Society Herbarium. 



Lycopodiales 



1. Lycopodium Selago L. 



On Huronian slate, Jackfish Island, Jackfish, July 19, 

 1912. 



2. Lycopodium lucidultjm Michx. 



In moist woods in deep valley near Ruby Lake, 4 miles 

 south of Nepigon, August 25, 1912, and in dark, narrow 

 defile between cliffs on east side of Nepigon River, with 

 Prof. J. A. Underbill, of the Fort William Schools, August 

 26, 1912. Tiiis is apparently a rare species along the 

 "North Shore." 



3. Lycopodium porophyllum Lloyd and Underw. 

 Margin of little pond at west side of Surprise Lake, 



Silver Islet Harbor, August 17, 1912. 



