FERNS OF THE LAKE GrorGE Fiora—II 103 
In the woods near Excelsior Spring, Saratoga Spa, 
July 28, 1870, Isaac H. Hall says, “amongst a large 
number of plants of Aspidium Thelypteris Swartz, I 
found several with the stipe or rachis enameled, black 
and shiny, like that of Adiantum pedatum L., or of 
Asplenium ebeneum Ait. The blades of the fronds 
had a somewhat coppery tinge. Some were beginning 
to fruit, but most showed no sign of fructification. I 
gathered a dozen or so, but the extreme heat of the sun 
withered and spoiled them before I could get them in 
press.” Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 1: 30. Aug. 1870. 
Dryopreris cristata (L.) A. Gray 
Deep old swamps and low thickets: infrequent, but 
widely scattered. ; 
Dryoprrris Curvrontana (D. C. Eaton) Dowell 
In swampy woods and thickets, with the preceding; 
frequent. The fronds are much larger and broader 
than in the crested shield-fern. 
The enherbaceous form, var. Slossonae (Day.) n. 
comb., with large thin fronds, was found Aug. 24, 1900, 
in low woods, near Halfway brook, southeast of Oneida. 
Determined by Dr. Geo. E. Davenport, Dee. 30, 1900, 
who says, “‘like the enherbaceous form of Clintonianum 
from Vermont that I have been investigating for some 
time back.” ‘This is probably where Dr. Hulst col- 
lected the same form in 1900. Dr. Davenport describes 
this form as Nephrodium cristatum Rich., var. Slossonae 
in Rhodora 4: 52. March, 1902. 
Dryoptrerts Gouprana Hook.) A. Gray 
Damp rich old woods; scarce. 
North of Silver Bay (Kemp); Hosie gulch, Hague 
(Mrs. E. Watrous); Huletts Landing (Jelliffe); Round 
Lake (W. N. Clute); Easton (Taylor); Inman Pond, 
