92 American Fern Journal 



roneously for D. thelypteris, a common species near 

 Charleston. 



Dryopteris thelypteris (L.) A.. Gray. Marsh 



Shield-fern. Common in wet woods. 



Records. Bragg: Charleston Navy Yard (H). Coker: 



Isle of Palms. 



Dryopteris patens (Sw.) Kuntze. Several plants on 

 an old brick tomb at Goose Creek Church, Otranto, are 

 all that I have found. Dr. B. L. Robinson kindly de- 

 termined the species for me. Chapman, in the third 

 edition of his Flora, includes South Carolina in its range 

 but Small does not. 



Records. Bragg: Otranto (H). Ravenel: Eutaw 

 Springs (Gray Herb.). 



Dryopteris floridana (Hook.) Kuntze. Florida 

 Shield-fern. Not previously recorded for South Caro- 

 lina. Abundant in several localities at the Charleston 

 Navy Yard, growing in damp woods along streams 

 running through the pine barrens. Associated in one 

 particularly rich spot with the Cinnamon and Royal 

 Ferns, both Chain-ferns, the Marsh Shield-fern, and 

 within a few yards of the Lady Fern and Selaginella 

 apus. The leaves are evergreen and in winter lie 

 stretched on the ground in a circle, the fertile ones often 

 over three feet in length. Spores mature in late May and 

 early June. 



Records. Bragg: Charleston Navy Yard (H). 



Dryopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) C. Chr. 

 Broad Beech-fern. 



Records. Bachman: Charleston. Porcher: St. Johns 



Berkeley (H). 



Phkgopterls Phegopteris (L.) Underw. Long 

 Beechfern. Recorded !>y Bachman, undoubtedly er- 

 roneously. 



Woodsia ri fidila Beck. Recorded by Bachman 

 only. It is unlikely that a Woodsia should occur in this 



