70 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
I found large specimens twelve inches long at Black 
Creek Falls in Etowah Co., at about 1000 ft. altitude. 
PELLAEA ATROPURPUREA (L.) Link. Mountain re- 
gion of the northern part of the State. Mohr says it 
is nowhere abundant but I found it quite plentiful on 
Sand Mt. growing on limestone, and on the plateau I 
- found quite a number of plants growing on sandstone 
cliffs. I found it also in Etowah Co., at Black Creek 
Falls and in Marshall Co., and northwest of Birmingham 
in Jefferson Co. It is reported from Lawrence Co. by 
T. M. Peters, Madison Co., Lauderdale Co., and Clay 
Co., by Mohr and from Tuscaloosa Co. by Smith. 
WoopwarpIA AREOLATA (L.) Moore. Distributed 
over the State in shaded sandy swamps. This is one 
of the most abundant ferns of the State. I found it 
common on Sand Mt. in Jackson and DeKalb Counties, 
and very abundant in Mobile and Baldwin Counties. 
I also found it in Hale Co. 
Woopwarpia vircinica (L.) Sw. Frequent along 
the coast and on Sand Mt. plateau in,the north, but rare 
in the interior. I have found it in Jackson, DeKalb, 
Mobile and Baldwin Counties. Dr. Smith reports it 
from Russell Co. 
ASPLENIUM PINNATIFIDUM Nutt. Mohr reports this 
fern from the mountain region and the Tennessee valley, 
but I have never found it in the valley region. I have 
found it quite plentiful in the mountains. On the brow 
of Sand Mt. and the Cumberlain Mts. in Jackson and 
DeKalb Counties it grows in protected crevices. On 
the plateau wherever a sandstone cliff protrudes out of 
the soil with an eastern exposure one is almost sure to find 
a few plants, though usually small. In the year 1917, 
I found some beautiful large specimens on the high 
cliffs overlooking Long Island. These plants were 
very peculiar, being twice pinnatifid. Some of the 
plants produced fronds two and a half inches wide, and 
