Notes AND NEws 117 
I hereby invite all those who contributed to the very 
satisfactory answer to my earlier question as to the 
habitat of Ophioglossum to turn their attention to a new 
enquiry along the same lines. Does O. vulgatum require 
ten years to produce its first green leaf? The method of 
answer will be easy. Visit any station you may know, 
as many as possible, and find out from the owners of the 
land, or otherwise, whether it has been cultivated within 
ten years. It is practically certain that ploughing, etc., 
would destroy all rooted plants and require a sowing of 
spores for the production of more plants. If any one 
finds a station which has certainly been under cultivation 
within ten years it will serve to amend the conclusions 
of Bruchman noted above. 
R. C. BENEDICT. 
Of interest, especially in connection with the field 
meeting of the Society in Onondaga County, New York, 
is the publication by a member of the Society, Mrs. 
L. Leonora Goodrich, of a Flora of Onondaga County 
as collected by the Syracuse Botanical Club of which 
Mrs. Goodrich has been president for many years. The 
list includes fifty-two different kinds of ferns and allies, 
eleven lycopods, and seven equisets. To this may 
certainly be added three hybrids in Dryopteris and 
possibly also D. simulata which is known to occur just 
over the border in Oneida County. Seventy species of 
pteridophytes makes a very good list for one county of 
about forty miles square. It may well be added that 
the Syracuse Botanical Club with its one honorary male 
member, Rev. Dr. Beauchamp, has done a great deal 
in making the flora of Onondaga County known. 
R. C 
