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on a yellowish cast. Sometimes fronds, 1-2 forked at 
the tip, are found: and on some fronds may be found 
fish-tailed pinnae. 
The var. rncisum Gray, with dark green fronds and 
pinnae much incised, is found in moist woods. 
The form rEcURVATUM Clute, with crisped bilobed 
pinnae was found west of Stone schoolhouse, W. Fort 
Ann, Nov. 23, 1900. A plant was transplanted and 
continued to thrive until about 1907; when it died. 
PotysticHuM Braunu (Spenner) Fée 
Rocky mountain woods; very rare. 
Silver Bay (Kemp), Sept. 12, 1902; Hosie gulch, 
near Hague (Mrs. E. Watrous), June 15, 1904, and June 
28 and July 16, 1907. The Hague specimens are de- 
posited in the State Herbarium. N. Y. State Mus. 
Bull. 167: 36. 1913. 
A beautiful, but rare New York State fern, with 
chaffy stipes and rachis. 
DRYOPTERIS NOVEBORACENSIS (L.) A. Gray 
Moist woods; frequent. July—Sept. 
The form fragrans (Peck), n. comb., which was later 
called var. suaveolens by D. C. Eaton; was found, near 
Glens Falls by Mrs. L. A. Millington, in 1875. Bull. 
Torr. Bot. Club 6: 97. 1876. D. C. Eaton’s, ‘Ferns 
of N. Am.” 1:50. 1879. Dr. Peck describes it in the 
N. Y. State Mus. Rep’t 28: 84. 1876, as Aspidium 
noveboracense, var. fragrans. ‘Mrs. Millington observes 
the fronds are very tall, ‘sometimes three feet high,’ 
that the sori at length spread over the whole under 
surface and that there is a marked vanilla-like odor 
which persists even in the dried specimens.” 
Dryopreris THetypreris (L.) A. Gray 
Swamps, wet woods and rocky pastures; common. 
The pinnae are alternate or nearly opposite. 
