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were made from the type specimens collected by Judge Bie: in 
1853. D.C. Eaton in The Ferns of North America, 1: pl. 24, gives 
a life-size drawing of a plant of T. Petersii and an enlargement of 
d 
description calls for. He does not state where the material from 
which this drawing was made came from. Miss Slosson in Bull. 
Torrey Bot. Club 41: pl. 7 has a good photographic epee of 
specimens from Santo Domingo. But, so far as the 
aware, our plate is the first in which the species has ae Seni 
full detail. WwW. 
Explanation of Plate 3: Fig. 1, plant, natural size, from speci- 
men collected at Santy Creek gorge, Marshall Co., Ala., b 
raves, Nov., 1916; heb 2, fronds x 2; Fig. 3, portion of edge of 
frond, showing hair and “false vein” % 45; fig. 4, portion of lip of 
involucre X 45; Fig. 5, peo X 10; Fig. 6, portion of receptacle 
and sporangia X 30; Fig. 7, sporangia X 45; Fig. 8, spores X 45. 
The Ferns of the Lake George Flora, N. Y. 
IV 
STEWART H. BURNHAM 
ATHYRIUM THELYPTEROIDES (Mx.) Desv. 
Moist woods; frequent. Aug.—Oct 
This fern seems to be generally distributed: but is 
not very abundant at any station. 
ATHYRIUM FILIx-FOEMINA (L.) Roth. 
Woods, fields and roadsides *in moist shaded places; 
abundant. July-Sept. Very variable. 
e var. Michauxii (Spreng.) n. comb.,! with narrow 
fronds, has been found at Luzerne (Peck); and Dark 
Bay, Lake George (Hulst). 
‘The ® synonymy’ of this variety is as follows: seviatios enue willd., 
PL 5: 277. 1810. Asplenium Michauxii Spreng. Syst. 4: 88. 1827- 
Asplentum ae iene var. Michauzii Mett. yet 199. 1859. Athyrium 
s, m Moore, Ind. Fil. 179. 1860. Asplenium Filiz- 
= fe var. anoustim D. C. Eaton, Ferns of the Southwest in Bot t. Wheel- 
1878. Michauzii, being the ear varietal name given t0 
the ees, should be used, under present nomenclatorial rules. 
