A Yerar’s FERN COLLECTING 121 
which has the segments spreading and more broadly 
attached; and the oblique, elongate-deltoid pinnae (with 
the basal pinnules often greatly produced) are equally 
at variance from the spreading, oblong-acuminate 
pinnae of the European species. The range ‘Alaska 
and British Columbia to California and Colorado; also 
in Gaspé County, Quebec” must be extended to include 
Nevada, an especially luxuriant specimen recently re- 
ceived having been collected at Candle Creek, Pole 
County, Nevada, altitude 2570-2630 meters, August 18, 
1917, by W. W. Eggleston (No. 14135). 
Wasuinaton, D. C. 
A Year’s Collecting in the Northeastern United 
ates 
E. P. KILLIP 
Between the middle of August, 1916, and the middle 
of August, 1917, it was my good fortune to botanize 
in certain very interesting fern regions in the north- 
eastern part of the United States. These localities 
have been frequently visited and often described by 
botanists, but possibly a brief account of the places 
and of the ferns collected will not be without interest 
at this time. 
Cape May anp THE New Jersey PINE BARRENS 
During the latter part of August, 1916, M. 8. Baxter 
and M. E. Woodams, of Rochester; Joseph G. Taylor, 
of the Department of Biology, New York University; 
and myself, made a trip to the Cape May peninsula, 
the southern extremity of the State of New Jersey, 
and to Hammonton, in the heart of the pine barrens. 
Although the many species of grasses, sedges, and flower- 
ing plants to be found in these regions made the bulk 
