118 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
A Review: W. R. Maxon. Report UPON A COLLEC- 
TION OF FERNS FROM WESTERN SoutTH AMERICA! 
The ferns referred to in the report here considered were 
collected in Peru, Chile, and Bolivia, by Dr. and Mrs. 
J. N. Rose in the latter part of 1914. The special object 
of the trip was the collection of cacti. Of the twenty- 
five species listed by Mr. Maxon, twenty-two are ferns 
and three so-called ‘fern allies,” i. e., equisets and lyco- 
pods. Five of the ferns are found to be new species, as 
follows: Polypodium, two, Cheilanthes, two, and Notho- 
laena, one. 
This large proportion of new species is of special 
interest as an emphasis of the fact that the Andean 
chain, both in South America and in North America, is 
probably the most extensive terra incognita of ferns now 
left to be explored. Every collection from these regions 
includes numerous new species. Dr. Rose’s expedition 
for cacti naturally took him into regions poor in ferns, 
but even these yielded over twenty per cent. new species. 
In the regions of greater rainfall, the moist forested 
slopes toward the west, not only are there many more 
species, hundreds indeed, but there are also at least as 
large a proportion of undescribed forms. 
Bm. CoB: 
American Fern Society 
THE Syracuse MEgrrtIne 
A field meeting of the Society was held, as announced, 
July 13-16, with headquarters at Syracuse, and with a 
total attendance of about forty. Nine new members 
were enrolled during the meeting. 
The visiting members were very hospitably received. 
Mr. and Mrs. William Spalding entertained them most 
1 Smithson. Misc. Coll. 65: no. 8. 1-12. 3 May 1915. 
