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islands and is characteristic of the open grassy borders of 

 the jungle on more densely covered islands. Spores 



mature in May. 



The variety pseudocaudatum Clute is well represented 



by a specimen from the Santee country, collected by 



Ravenel and labeled by him P. caudata. Bachman's 



P. caudata must also, in all probability, be referred to 



this form. I have, however, searched extensively but 



unsuccessfully for a distinct variety in the vicinity of 



Charleston. 



Records. Bachman: Charleston. Bragg: Charleston 

 Navy Yard (H), Dewees Island, Georgetown County, 

 Isle of Palms, Otranto, Sullivan's Island, Summerville, 

 Sumter. Coker: Hartsville, Isle of Palms, Ten Mile. 

 Gibbes: Eclings' Bay. Harper: " intermediate pine- 

 barrens." Robinson: Charleston Navy Yard (Gray 

 Herb.). 



Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link. Cliff Brake. 

 Recorded by Bachman, probably erroneously. 



Anchistea virginica (L.) PresL Virginia Chain- 

 fern. Abundant in freshwater swamps and ditches 

 and in low wet woods, associated with the Cinnamon 

 Fern, Net-veined Chain-fern, and, in woods, with the 

 Lady Fern and Florida Shield-fern. 



Records. Bachman: Charleston. Bragg: Charleston 

 Xavy Yard (H), Georgetown County, Summerville, 

 Sumter. Coker: Hartsville, Ten Mile. Harper: 

 "damp sandy places." Ravenel: Santee Canal 



Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Oakes. Ebony 

 Spleenwort. One of the most common ferns. Asso- 

 ciated with Pteris serrulata on old walls in Charleston. 

 Grows luxuriantly on wooded banks, and particularly 

 along artificial ditches. Fertile leaves measuring four to 

 five inches wide and twenty inches long, with deeply 

 serrate pinnae, are characteristic* of highly developed 

 plants. Spores mature in May. 



