FERNS. 817 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Canada, Maritime Provinces, Ontario, New 
England (Mount Desert) west to Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio Valley, and south from 
New York along the mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain regions and Lower hills. Landerdale 
County, Florence. Blount County, Warnock Mountain, 1,100 feet. Tuscaloosa 
County, Fayette County, Fayétte (2. 4. Smith). Not frequent. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Canada. Kalm.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Dryopteris floridana (Hook.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 812. 1891. 
FLoripA Woop FERN. 
Nephrodium floridanum Hook. Fil. Exot. t. 99. 1859. 
Aspidium floridanum Katon in Chap. F1.595. 1860. 
Underwood, Native Ferns, 115. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 2: 159. 
Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Florida to Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Metamorphic hills. Low woods. Lee County, near Auburn (LZ. UM. 
Underwood), May, 1856. Rare. 
Type locality: ‘East Florida.” (8. B. Buckley.) 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Dryopteris marginalis (L.) Gray, Man. 632. 1848. EVERGREEN Woop FERN, 
Polypodium marginale L. Sp. Pl. 2:1091. 1753. 
Aspidium marginale Sw. Syn. Fil. 50. 1810. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,688. Chap. F1.595. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 2:69, ¢.55. Underwood, 
Native Ferns, 116. 
Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario to Saskatchewan, 
Manitoba, Rocky Mountains; New England (Mount Desert), west to Michigan and 
the Ohio Valley, and from New York south along the mountains to Georgia and Ala~ 
bama, west to Arkansas and Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower hills. Rocky shaded ravines. Dekalb 
County, Mentone, 1,600 feet. Cullman County, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa County (2. A. 
Smith), about 450 feet. Clay County, Baldrock, 2,200 feet. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Canada. Kalm.” 
Dryopteris spinulosa dilatata Underwood, Native Ferns, ed. 4,116. 1893. 
Polypodinm dilatatum Hoffm. Deutsche Fl.2:7. 1795. 
Dryopteris dilatata Gray, Man.631. 1848. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 687. Chap, F1,.595. Eaton, Ferns N. A. 2: 165. 
EUROPE. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Tennessee and North Carolina, along th 
mountains to New England and Canada; British Columbia to the Pacific; Ohio and 
Kentucky to Missouri and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, in shady woods. Winston County, rocky, shady 
declivities near the Sipsey River. Rare. 
Type locality European. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Dryopteris patens (Sw.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:112. 1891. 
SPREADING Woop FERN. 
Aspidium patens Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1673. 1797. 
A.molle Kunze, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2,6: 83. 1848. 
Chap. Fl. 594. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2:346, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.Ind.692. Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:567, Eaton, Ferns N. A. 2: 181, ¢. 70. - Underwood, Native Ferns, 
114. 
SourH AFRICA, POLYNESIA, TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL AMERICA. 
Louisianian area. Lower South Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana, Texas, 
and southern California. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain and Lower division Coast Pine belt. Damp shaded ravines. 
Mobile County, Mount Vernon. Baldwin County, July, October. Frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘Incolit sylvas montium Antillarum.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
POLYSTICHUM Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 3:69. 1800. 
Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott, Gen. Fil.2:no.d. 1834. 
CHRISTMAS FERN. 
Nephrodium acrostichoides Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 267. 1803. 
Aspidium acrostichoides Sw. Syn. Fil. 44. 1806. 
Dryopteris acrostichoides Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2:812. 1892, 
