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Pteris aquilina, Linn. — Common Brake. — Common 

 everywhere in thickets and open places, especially in sandy 

 soil. 



Pellaia gracilis, Hook. — Cliff Brake. — Crevices in the 

 cliffs of volcanic rock on the north-east face of Mount 

 Royal, rare. 



Asplenium Trichomanes, Linn. — " A few plants were 

 found on the north slope of mountain, growing in the 

 •crevices of a huge detached rock in a very secluded and 

 precipitous spot," G-oode, 1879. About a dozen rather 

 weak and stunted plants still grow in this situation. 



Asplenium angusti folium, Michx. — A small colony of 

 these ferns grows in the rich damp woods near the gate of 

 Mount Royal Cemetery. " Nun's Island," Parsons. 



Asplenium thelypteroides, Michx. — Rich woods and hill- 

 sides, round the base of Mount Royal, and on the north 

 mountain. 



Asplenium Filix-faimina, Bernh. — Spleenwort. — Very 

 'common and variable, growing in low grounds and in 

 woods. 



Camiftosorus rhizophyllus, Link. — Walking-Leaf. — 

 '" Montreal Mountain," Provancher. " Dry rocks at 

 1'Abord-a-Plouffe, Isle Jesus, not common," McCord. " St. 

 Helen's Island," Sheppard. I have been unable to find it 

 •either on St. Helen's Island or on Mount Royal. 



Phegopteris polypodioides, Fee. — Beech Fern. — Damp 

 woods, at the north-east base of Mount Royal, and 

 between the cemeteries. 



Phegopteris Dryoptcris, Fee. — Oak Fern. — Rocky woods 

 and hillsides, north-east base of Mount Royal, and on the 

 north and west mountains. 



Aspidium Thelypteris, Swartz. — Wet places, base of 

 Mount Royal, between the cemeteries, and on the west 

 mountain. 



Aspidium Novebor accuse, Swartz. — Wet places, rather 

 common, especially in the mountain swamps. 



