144 Muhlenbergia, Volume 5 



FERNS OF PARADISE PARK 

 By A. S. Foster 



The following is a transcript of the collector's notes of the 

 ferns collected in the Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington, 

 August 3-12, 1909: 



1. Polypodium HESPERIUM Maxon. On the face of a cliff 

 by the roadside, northern exposure, altitude 4000 feet(?). Rare. 



2. Phegopteris Dryopteris (L,.) Fee. In humus on the 

 trail opposite Narada Falls. Very rank in mist of the fall; alti- 

 tude 5000 feet (?). Common down to Ashford. 



3. Cheixanthes Feei Moore. In crevices of rocks, Cross 

 Trail, south side of Pinnacle Peak just below the summit; 7000 

 feet. Rare and small. 



4. Cryptogramma acrostichoides R. Br. Among rocks 

 summit of Pinnacle Peak, 7200 feet; (U. S. Eng. Corps). Rare 

 and immature. 



5. Struthiopteris spicant (L.) Weiss. In humus; spo- 

 radic at 5000 feet in the forest along the trail below Narada 

 Falls. 



6. Polystichum lonchitis (L.) Roth, Among rocks, 

 bluffs of the Kautz glacier, 7500-8000 feet. Rare; fruiting 

 fairly well. 



7. Woodsia oregana D. C. Eaton. In small holes in 

 rocks, Alta Vista; also bluff a half mile east, altitude 7000 feet. 

 Rare; immature at the time. Altitude of Paradise Camp 5862 

 feet (U. S. Geological Survey). 



< roldendale, Wash. 



