FERNS. 313 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills, on sandstone rock. Cullman County, 
800 feet, Landerdale County, Florence, rocky banks Cypress Creek. Tuscaloosa 
County. Bibb County, Pratt's Ferry (£. 1. Smith), Not frequent. 
Type locality: “Hab. in montibus sayosis Tennasséo et Carolinae septentrionalis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cheilanthes tomentosa Link, Hort. Berol. 2:42. 1833. WEBBY Lip FERN. 
Gray, Man, ed. 6, 681. Chap. F1.590, Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1: 345, t. 45, f. 1-5. Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:566. Underwood, Native Ferns, 94. 
Carolinian area. West Virginia, ‘Tennessee, ‘Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Shaded rocks. Cullman County, 800 feet. Blount 
County, 660 feet, ou rocky banks. ‘Talladega County, Alpine Mountain, Signal Sta- 
tion, 1,800 feet, abundant in dense patches on steep rocky declines. Lauderdale 
County, cliffs on Cypress Creek, 500 feet, August, September; not rare. 
Type locality: Texas or Mexico. 
Herb. Geol. Surv... Herb Mohr. 
PELLABA Link, Fil. Hort. Berol.59. 1841. Ciirv Brake. 
Abont 50 species, mostly in arid regions of warmer’ zones, largely in South Africa, 
tropical America, and Mexico. Eleven species North American, chiefly trom the arid 
table-lands west of the Mississippi to the Pacitic. 
Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link, Fil. Hort. Berol.59. 1841. PurprLe CLIFFBRAKE. 
Pteris atropurpurea L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1076. 1753. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,682. Chap. F1.589. | Eaton, Ferns N. A. 2:61,454f.4. Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:564. Underwood, Native Ferns, 98. 
NORTHERN MEXICO. 
Boreal region to Carolinian area. Labrador, Ontario, British Columbia, New 
England, west to Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, south to New York, Virginia, 
Kentucky, and Tennessee, along the mountains to North Carolina, Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountainregion. Open woods, onrocks. Lawrence 
County (Peters). Madison County, Monte Sano, 1,000 teet. Lauderdale County, Flor- 
ence. Clay County, near Mosley, rocky banks Talladega Creek Tuscaloosa County, 
Tannehill (£. 4. Smith). Rather local;- nowhere abundant. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
WOODWARDIA J.E. Smith, Mem. Acad. Tor, 5: 411. 1793. CHaiIn FERN. 
About 8 species, temperate regions around the globe. 
Woodwardia areolata (L.) Moore, Index Fil. xlv. 1857. 
Acrostichum areolatum L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1069, 1753. 
Voodwardia angustifolia J. E. Smith, Mem. Acad. Tor. 5: 411. 1793. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 683. Chap. F1.591. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 1: 165, t.22,f.2.  Under- 
wood, Native Ferns, 103. 
Alleghenian to Lonisianian area, Coast of New England to Tennessec and Florida, 
and west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State, in shaded sandy swamps and low wet woods. Mobile, 
Baldwin, Clark, Montgomery, Cullman counties. Clay County, banks of Talladega 
Creek, 1,000 feet. Frequent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia, Maritandia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Woodwardia virginica (L.) J. E. Smith, Mem. Acad. Tor. 5: 412, 1793. 
Bleohnum virginicum L. Mant. 2: 307. 1771. 
Gray. Man. ed. 6, 683. Chap. F1.591. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 2:45, t.52. Coulter, Contr. 
Nat. Herb. 2: 567. Underwood, Native Ferns, 102. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario, New England, Michigan, 
Missouri, south to Obio, and from New York to North Carolina, Florida, Texas, and 
Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Coast plain. Damp thickets, borders of woods. 
Russell County (FE. 4. Smith). Mobile County. Baldwin County, Stockton, Rare in 
the interior; more frequent in the alluvial region of the coast. 
Type locality not ascertained, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
