60 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
The var. pumitum A. A. Eaton has been found on 
shaded sandy banks of Pond Brook, west of W. Fort 
Ann P. O. 
EQUISETUM VARIEGATUM Schleich. 
Very rare. Mohawk river bank at Waterford, Aug. 
27, 1904. 
EQUISETUM SCIRPOIDES Mx. 
Low woods and ravines, preferring clayey soil; in- 
frequent. April-May. 
Gansevoort (Peck); DeRidder hill near Schuyler- 
ville (Greenalch); Hague; southern W. Fort Ann, not 
rare; Hudson Falls and vicinity; Glen Lake. 
This small evergreen species was first named for me 
by the late Dr. A. W. Chapman, March 17, 1892, who 
said, “‘very rare to me.” It fruits sparingly. 
Lycopodiaceae 
LycopopiIuM LUcIDULUM Mx. 
Cool wet woods; frequent. Aug.—Nov. 
This species is usually found about ponds, specially 
at higher elevations. The sporangia are borne in the 
axils of the upper leaves. The plant is also propagated 
by bulblets. 
Lycopopium inunpatum L. . 
Very rare. Sphagnum marsh at north end of Podunk 
Pond, Aug. 16 and Oct. 17, 1899: Sept. 13, 1900: Aug. : 
17, 1913; sandy moist roadside, near northwest shore of 
Lake Hadlack. Oct. 6, 1910, and Oct. 9, 1911: not found 
here, Nov. 1915. 
Lycoropium opscurum L. 
Moist woods in elevated regions; frequent. AUg—~ — 
Oct. 
