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D. SPINULOSA DiLATATA (Hoffm.) Underw. Aspidium spinw 

 losimi var. dilatatuin Hook. 



Deep woods. Ohio: near Wheeling {Mertz & Gntten- 

 berg). 



D. siMULATA Davenport, Bot. Gaz., 29:495 (1894). 



Aspidium spiinilosnui var. Prel. Cat. Fl. W. Va., 482 

 (1892). Comparing my specimens from the deep, wet 

 woods of Randolph Co. with specimens of D. siinulata re- 

 cently sent me by Professor Davenport, I find them identical. 

 In publishing the species Professor Davenport includes it 

 under Dr^'opteris as well as 'Aspidium, Nephrodium and 

 Lastrea. 



In deep, wet woods under Black Spruce. Randolph : neai 

 Cheat Bridge, and Shades-of-Death (Millspaugh). 

 D. CRiSTATA (L.) A. Gray. Aspidium cristatnm (L.) Sw. 



Swampy places. Preston: near Cranberry Summit (Mertz 

 & Gitttcnberg) ; near Reedsville and Terra Alta (j\lilh- 

 paugh) ; near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele'). 

 D. GoLDiEAXA (Hook.) A. Gray. Aspidiwm Goldicanum Hook. 

 Rich moist woods. Preston : near Cranberry Summit 

 (Mertz & Guttenberg) ; near 'Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele) 

 Fayette: near Xuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 D. FiLix-MAS (L.) Schott. ]\Iale-fern. Aspidium Filix-uias Sw. 



Rocky woods. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). 

 D. MARGiNALis (L.) A. Gray. Aspidium ma/rginale Sw. 



Rocky hillsides in rich woods. Tucker: near Parsons 

 (Greenman, 28). Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Kan- 

 awha: near Charleston (James). Fayette: near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttall). Grant: near Bayard (Millspaugh) . Preston: 

 near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 



POLYSTICHUM Roth. 



P. ACROSTiCHOiDES (I\Iichx.) Schott. Christmas Fern. Aspidium 



acrostichoides Sw. 



Rock}' woods. Upshur : beyond Buckhannon. Randolph : 



near Cricard (Millspaugh). Webster: near Tater Knob 



(H. H. Smith, 1509). Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). 



Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Preston: near Aurora 



(Mr. &• Mrs. Steele). Barbour: near Tygart Junction 



(Greenman, 35). 

 P. ACROSTICHOIDES 5"cHWEiNiTZii (Beck). Aspidiuui achrosti- 



choides Schzi'cinitzii (Beck.) B. S. P. 



Rocky woods. Jefferson : near Harper's Ferry (Mertz 



& Gtittenberg). 



