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At my instance, he named it cristahnn v. major — this accounts 

 for label (in pencil) a — the filling up is his. He afterwards to 

 my surprise and gratification, named the form for me in the 

 Manual, and so I also furnish the label marked b. — G. W. C. 



See sheet no. 2 for label bT 



Sheet no. i with label "a " and the letter just quoted is shown in 

 Figure i. Sheet no. 2 is doubtfully the same as the other, and as 

 Professor Eaton did not see it, need not concern us in the present 

 nquiry. Both sheets — according to Mr. Davenport's letter — 

 were left by Mr. Russell to Mrs. M. L. Owen, who afterwards 

 deposited them with the Springfield society. 



At the time the description was first published — 1867 — 

 Prof. Eaton had for comparison (presumably), in addition to 

 Judge Clinton's specimen, the following sheets, which with three 

 later collections are to be seen in his herbarium to-day in the var. 

 Clintoniamnn cover : 

 (without name) "Serpentine quarry, New Haven, Connecticut. 



1855. Oct. E. [ = Dryopteris cristata x inarginalis\." 

 '' Aspidium cristatiim, Swz. var. Clintoniantiin. Hudson Co., 



Novai Caesareas, in paludubus coll. D. C. E. 1862 — 6 — 16." 

 "■ Aspidiinn cristatitm, Swz. v. Clintoniamtm, D. C. E. Newark, 



N. J. Wm. Prower— 1865." 

 '^ Aspidiinn cristatmn — Sw. — v. Clintoniamun,T). C. E. Utica, 



New York. J. A. Paine, Jr., 1865. ' Low swampy woods.' " 

 '^ Aspidium cristahnn, Sw. v. Clintoniamun , D. C. E. Central 



New York. J. A. Paine, Jr. 1865." 



Of these, all but the first cited correspond to the form now 

 commonly known as Dryopteris Clintoniana. 



The Clinton label "a" reads as follows: 



a. Ex Coll. G. VV. Clinton 

 Aspidium cristatuni 



var. major 

 Please Jill up & return 

 Buffalo, New York. 



Height of frond 2g incites 



The words '^cristatuni var. major'' are in Eaton's writing. 

 The " Please fill up and return " is in pencil, also the words 

 '' Height of frond." 



