FIELD TRIPS OF THE CLUB 



TRIP OF SEPTEMBER X TO BLAIRSTOWN, X.J. 



Twelve members and friends of the club explored the vicin- 

 ity of Cedar Lake, giving especial attention to the Pteriodphyte 

 flora, thirty-seven species of which were found. This station ol 

 Asplenium ebenoides has been under observation for six seasons. 

 It consists of only two plants which appear to do well but there 

 has been no tendency for the numbers to increase. A number of 

 species of fungi were observed by members interested in this 

 group of plants; an unusually perfect specimen of Geaster being 

 the reward of one collector. Among the higher plants, Coral- 

 root, Ladies Tresses, Beech-drops, Gerardia, Hog Peanut, 

 Lobelia, Jewelweed, and Cardinal Flower were found in very 

 fine flowering condition. The assistance of Messrs Charles 

 Magyar and Carrell Morris, former nature councillors at Camp 

 Sakawawin on Cedar Lake is acknowledged with appreciation. 

 The following ferns and ferns allies were found: 



Polypodium vulgare L.; Phegopteris polypodioides Fee; 

 P. hexagonoptera (Michx) Fee, Adiantum pedatum L.; Pteris 

 aquilina L.; Pellaea atropurpurea (L) Ling.; Asplenium eben- 

 oides R. R. Scott; A. platyneuron(L) Oakes; A.Trichomanes L.; 



A. Ruta-muraria L.; A. acrostichoides Sw.; A. Filix-femina (L) 

 Bernh.; Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L) Link; Polystichum 

 acrostichoides; Aspidium thelypteris (L) Sw.; A. noveboracensis 

 (L) Sw.; A. marginale (L) Sw.; A. Goldianum Hook., A. cris- 

 tatum (L) Sw. ; A. spinulosum (O. F. Miller) Sw. ; A. spinulosum 

 var. intermedium (Muhl.) D. C. Eaton; Cystopteris bulbifera 

 (L) Bernh.; C. fragilis (L) Bernh.; Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) 

 Torr. ; Dicksonia punctilobula (Michx.) Gray; Onoclea sensibilis 

 L.; O. Struthiopteris (L) Hoffm.; Osmunda regalis L.; O. Clay- 

 toniana L.; O. cinnamomea L.; Botrychium obliquum Muhl.; 



B. obliquum var. dissectum Spreng.; B. virgianum (L) Sw.; 

 Equisetum arvense L.; Lycopodium lucidulum (Michx.); L. 

 clavatum L.; L. complanatum L. 



John A. Small 



Trip of September 21-22, in the Shawangunks 



The most interesting find, on the field trip of Sept, 21-22, on 

 Shawangunk Mountain ; was Smilacina trijolia ( Vagnera trifolia), 

 in a swamp at an altitude of 1900 feet, on the ridge forming the 

 southeastern side of the mountain, south of Lake Awosting. 



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