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9. ADIANTUM CaPpILLUus-VENERIS L. Known from 
only four localities: East Fork of the Rio Gila, in the 
Mogollon Mountains; Kingston; San Andreas Moun- 
tains; and a station eight miles northwest of Reserve, 
beside a warm spring. It is strange that this fern has 
not been found in the mountains of the northern part 
of the State, where conditions seem to be much better 
suited to its growth. 
' 10. ADIANTUM MopEsTUM Underw. The type was 
collected on the banks of South Spring River, near 
Roswell, by Prof. F. 8. Earle (No. 261).. It grows at a 
lower altitude than any other New Mexican fern, being 
the only one found away from mountains or hills. It 
is doubtful whether this is sufficiently distinct from 
A. Capillus-Veneris to deserve recognition as a species, 
and the question cannot be settled until the North 
American forms of that cosmopolitan fern have been 
more carefully studied. It is improbable that this 
form is confined to a single locality, but it has not been 
found elsewhere in New Mexico. 
11. PreRIpruM aQuILINUM PUBESCENS Underw. The 
pubescent form of the bracken grows in all the higher 
mountains of the State, often in great abundance, 
usually at altitudes of 7500 to 8500 feet. 
12. CHEILANTHES Wricutm Hook. Of very local 
occurrence, being known only from the Telegraph Moun- 
tains (Wooton), Bear Mountains (Rusby), and Conde’s 
Camp, near the southwest corner of the State (Wright 
2128). In general appearance it is very unlike our 
other species of Cheilanthes, the fronds being bright 
green and glabrous. Southwestern New Mexico is 
probably the northeastern limit of the range of this 
species, which is more common in the dry mountains 
of southeastern Arizona. 
13. CHEILANTHES FEEI Moore. Abundant locally, 
at middle or low altitudes in the mountains and _ hills 
