FERNS. 811 
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. Schrad. Journ. Bot. 1800, pt.2:111. 1801. 
: VIRGINIAN GRAPE FERN. 
Osmunda virginiana L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1064. 1753. 
Gray, Man, ed. 6, 695. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1: 253. Chap. F1. 599. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick to British Columbia ; Eastern 
United States. 
ALABAMA: Throughout the State. Shady woods. Local and rare. Cullman 
County. Mobile County (the reduced form, B. gracile Pursh). 
Type locality: +‘ Hab. in America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
POLYPODIACEAE. Fern Family. 
POLYPODIUM L. Sp. Pl. 2:1082. 1753. Potyropy. 
Three hundred and fifty species or more, mostly tropical and largely American. 
North America 11. 
Polypodium polypodioides (L.) Hitchcock, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard 4:156. 1893. 
Hoary PoLyropy. 
alcrostichum polypodioides L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1068. 1753. 
Polypodium incanum Sw. Fl. Ind. Oco. 3: 1645. 1806. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,680. Chap. F1.588. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1:197, t. 26. Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:562. Underwood, Native Ferns, 83. 
West Inpirs, MEXICO TO BRaziL, CHILE, SouTN AND East AFRICA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Florida to West Virginia, Kentucky, southern 
Ohio, southern Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Shady and exposed places on trees and rocks. Mobile 
County, on trees, common. Tuscaloosa County. Cullman County, 800 feet, rocky 
banks. . 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Virginia, Jamaica.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Polypodium vulgare L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1085. 1753. COMMON POLYpopy. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,680. Chap. F1.588. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1: 287, t. 32, f. 1. 
EvRopg, NorTH AFRICA, ASIA, JAPAN, 
Boreal region to Carolinian area. Ontario, Hudson Bay to Vancouver Island, 
New England to New Jersey, south along the mountains to Georgia, Arkansas, and 
Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rocky woods. Winston County, banks of Sipsey 
fork, 1,500 feet. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 1,600 feet. June to August; 
infrequent. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Europae rimis rupium.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ADIANTUM L. 8p. Pl. 2: 1094. 1753. MarmEnrair FERN. 
Sixty-seven species, largely of tropical America. North America 5. 
Adiantum capillus-veneris L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1096. 1753. VeNUs's Tarr. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 680, Chap. F1.591. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1: 281, %. 37. Underwood, 
Native Ferns, 89. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:563. Griseb. F). Brit. W. Ind. 666. 
Evuropr, Asta, AFRICA, WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL, OCEANIA. 
Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Central Kentucky, southern Missouri and 
Arkansas to Utah and California, south from Tennessee to Florida, and southwest 
Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Damp limestone cliffs. Mout- 
gomery County, Pentulalla Creek. Dallas Connty, wet rocky banks of Alabama 
River. Monroe County, shaded rocky borders of brooks, Perdue Hill. Mobile 
County, adventive on damp shaded brick walls, first observed in 1890. June to 
August. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Europa australi.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Molir. 
Adiantum pedatum L. Sp. Pl. 2:1095. 1753. MAIDENHAIR, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 680. Chap. FI. 590. Eaton, Ferns N, A. 1:185, t. 18, f. 1. Wats. 
Bot. Calif. 1:342. Underwood, Native Ferns, 90. 
