38 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
Over 500 species of ferns and fern-allies are recorded 
from Jamaica. Many of these are very local and but 
seldom collected. In the two weeks the writer spent in 
fern-bunting 137 species were found. In the list ap- 
pended the stations given merely represent localities 
from which specimens were collected and are not to be 
considered as limiting the range of the species to those 
stations. Several sets were collected of which one has 
been presented to the United States National Museum, 
another to the Rochester Academy of Science, and a 
third to the American Fern Society. The writer still 
has on hand several specimens which he will be glad to 
exchange with members of the Fern Society. 
In the Fern Bulletin of July, 1900, Mr. Willard N. 
Clute commenced the publication of a list of fernworts 
collected in Jamaica. Comparison of his list with mine 
is somewhat difficult, as recent study has resulted in the 
formation of new species and in alterations of genera. 
Eliminating certain genera in which these difficulties 
are particularly pronounced, together with Lycopodium 
and Selaginella of which I find no reference in the Fern 
Bulletin, we find that Clute’s list records 193 species 
while mine has 118. His list contains about 112 species 
not found in mine, while mine contains about 37 not 
listed by him. About 80 species are common to both. 
Among the filmy ferns and in the genus Asplenium Mr. 
Clute’s net gain was especially large. In comparing — 
these lists it must be remembered that his investiga- 
tions covered the eastern portion of the island alone. 
while mine extended over the central portion as well; 
on the other hand he spent considerably more time in 
the island. 
Forrest Shreve, in a work entitled “A Mortane Rain- 
forest,” published by the Carnegie Institute in 1914, 
gives a very detailed account of Cinchona and includes 
a list of the Pteridophytes he gathered there. A com- 
