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ASPLENIUM TRICHOMANES L. 
Shaded limestone, but sometimes on sandstone or 
granite; frequent. 
Often associated with the last species. The fronds — 
are evergreen, varying in size and crenation of the pin- 
nae. 
ASPLENIUM PYCNOCARPON Spreng. 
Moist rich woods; rare. Aug.—Sept. 
Blue Mt., Hamilton Co., 3700 feet (Miss E. G. 
Knight). Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 20: 459. Dec. 1893; 
Mt. Hope, Putnam mountains; Ray farm woods, 
Welch Hollow; Caldwells and Devines woods near 
Kingsbury. 
This fern was formerly known _as A. angustifolium: 
and is readily recognized by its once pinnate fronds. 
ASPLENIUM RUTA-MURARIA L. 
Limestone cliffs; very rare. 
A few plants in a little pocket of a cliff, about one 
mile northwest of schoolhouse No. 8, northwest Hart- 
ford, Aug. 3, 1899; July 27, 1900, and Aug. 23, 1901; 
Skenes Mt., Whitehall, a few plants, Aug. 30, 1900. 
Hupson Fauts, N. Y. 
(to be concluded) 
Notes and News 
Maxonia, a new genus of ferns. Carl Christensen, 
Smithson. Mise. Coll. 66: no. 9. pp. 1-4. 30 Sept. 
1916. 
The new genus, Mazonia, is based on a single species, 
Polystichum apiifolium (Sw.) C. Chr. Ind. Fil. which is 
indicated as intermediate between Dryopleris and 
Polybotrya. From Dryopteris it differs in having di- 
morphic leaves, a creeping rhizome, a different type 
