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two specimens); June 10, 1897 (unrolling); July 11, 
1899. Palmertown mountains, east of Brayton, Lake 
George, top of the ridge, June 16, 1897; a single plant 
with the sterile segment 9-lobed and long petioled. 
Sugar maple woods east of Tripoli schoolhouse, July 
13, 1897. 
Probably often overlooked because of its small size. 
The specimens have been verified by Miss Margaret 
Slosson. 
BotTrycHIUM NEGLECTUM Wood 
Mixed woods of hemlock and hardwoods; and moist 
ravine beds in mountain woods ; scarce. May 25- 
July 25. 
Burnt Hill, Assembly Point (Hulst); Whitehall (C. 
H. Peck); Mt. Hope, Putnam mountains; the falls in 
West’ Brook and near Three Ponds, W. Fort Ann; 
Vaughns, sometimes under the deep shade of small 
hemlocks; north of Round Lake. 
The glaucous plants vary from a few inches to a foot 
in height. The larger plants are quite fleshy; the 
sterile segment is divided into 7-11 divisions; the 
fertile, 2-3 pinnate and much branched. 
BotrycHium oBLiquuM Muhl. 
Dry woodlands and pastures; frequent. Aug.—Nov. 
Lake George (C. H. Hall); Fishbrook Pond, Lake 
George (S. E. Jelliffe) ; Silver Bay & Sabbathday Point, 
Lake George (Kemp); Assembly Point (Hulst); ‘‘The 
dwarf form of var. obliquum with the sterile frond about 
one inch broad and long and the whole plant three or 
four inches high was found at South Corinth.” (Peck) 
in N.Y. State Wine: Report 32: 54. 1879; Shushan 
(Frank Dobbin), also in the bog north of Clarks Pond; 
Warrensburg; W. Fort Ann; Vaughns; northwest 
Hartford; and elsewhere. The dwarf form has been 
found in mossy woods west of Pattens Mills church 
and in other low woods. i. 
