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Dicksonia punctilobula (Mx.) Gray 

 D. J>i/osmsa//a WiWd. 



Hairy dicksonia. Hay scented fern 

 Roadsides and pastures, often in stony places. Near Freemans 

 Home. July and August. 



Osmunda Claytoniana Z. 



Clayton's fern 

 Roadsides and pastures. Common. June. 



Osmunda cinnamomea Z. 



Cinnamon fern '' 



Wet places. Wood farm swamp. June and July. 



OPHIOGLOSSACEAE 

 Botrychium Virginianum (Z.) Sta. 

 Virginia grape fern 

 Thin woods. Adirondack lodge road. August. 



Botrychium obliquum M////I. 



B. teniatum var. obliquum D. C. Eaton 



Oblique grape fern 



Old clearings and pastures. Near Mountain View house. August. 



Botrychium matricariaefolium A. Br. 



Matricary grape fern 



Thin woods and open places. Raybrook. August. 



Several interesting ferns have been found within a short distance of 

 the town line but not within its limits. Among these are the alpine 

 Woodsia, Woodsia alpina (Bolt.) S. F. Gray, {W. hyperborca R. Br.) and 

 the fragrant shield fern, Dryoptcris fragrajis (L.) Schott., [Aspidium 

 fragraiis Sw.). Both have been found on rocky cliffs at Cascade lake 

 near the east line, and at Avalanche lake near the south line. Botrychium 

 lanceolatum (S. G. Gmel.) Angs. and Pellaea Stellcn {^. G. Gmel.) Watt., 

 [Fellaea gracilis Hook.) have also been found at Cascade lake. The 

 latter is limited to a small place near the top of the cascade where there 

 is a deposit of crystalline limestone. 



