r.KU'KI'.i.l.l A MICK( )nn I.I.A i Xmi.) Gray. 

 ( li:i»K(;i-: I .. Moxijis'. 



Un Scj)!. 15. VJ20, Mr. I'rank W. IV'irson cullectcd a ])lanl 

 on Lytle Creek* that seenud to u^ t^ luloiig here. To make 

 sure of the dctcrniination 1 >cm a specimen to Dr. ]). L. I\iil)in- 

 .«;on, of ( Iray I lerhariuiii, u hd cimlirmed our jiulgmeiil. In his 

 reply. Dr. Kohinson says: "Jt was with some hesitation that I 

 could hring nn-self to 1)clieve when workinj^ upcjn tlic genus 

 BrickcUia that specimens from (edros Island were the same' as 

 those of B. inicrophylla from central Califc;rnia and northward. 

 The discovery of an intermediate station in the San Bernardino 

 Mountains is an important step in bridging this long gap in the 

 previously known geographic distribution of the species."" .Mr. 

 1. M. Johnston also reports it (Plant World 22:119. 1919.) 

 from both the San Antonio and North Fork Lytle Creek Canyons. 



*Lytle Creek, San Bernardino Mts., California, alt. LSOO m., 

 Sept. 15, 1920, Frank W. Peirson, no. 2279. 

 NEW SELAGINELLAS. 



In a recent number of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collec- 

 tions Mr. William R. Alaxon describes six new species of 

 Sclagiiiclla. three of which are from material collected in our 

 region. S. crcuwphylla, type from Palm Canyon ; S. aspvclla, type 

 from Ontario Peak, San Antonio Mts. ; and S. Icncobryoidcs, type 

 from Surprise Canyon, Panamint Mts., Inyo County. All these, 

 as well as the three species heretofore credited to Southern 

 California, 5". bryoides (Nutt.) Underw., S. IVatsoiii Underw., 

 and 6". Bigelovii Underw., belongs to the nipcstris group. Other 

 interesting forms may be looked for. 

 NOTAE PLANTARUM AUSTRO-OCCIDENTALIS. I. 



Since the publication of my note concerning the proper name 

 for our Calif ornian species of Thelypteris (Bull. So. Calif. Acad. 

 XIX :57. 1920.) my attention has been called to the fact that 

 T. normalis {Dryopteris normalis C. Chr.), to which I referred 

 our plant, is a species of the West Indies and the Gulf coast 

 of the United States and does not likely reach our borders. Our 

 fern is more properly referred to T. Feei, which is a Mexican 

 species and, consequently, more likely to show up in Southern 

 California. It is, however, the fern which in many instances, 

 as previously pointed out, has been called Dryopteris patens 

 (Swz.) Ktze., which species, in its typical form and several 

 varieties, is distributed throughout the whole of tropical 

 America. This determination is manifestly incorrect, and the 

 proper name for our plant, together with its synonymy, is given 

 .herewith. 

 /thelypteris FEEI (C. Chr.) new comb. 



Aspidiiim puherulum Fee Alem. Foug. 10, 40. 1865. not Desv. 



1827. 



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