CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



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FILICES. Ferns. 



POLYPODIUM, L. Polypody. 



P. vulgare, L. Common Polypody. 



Rocks. 23*, common: — M*, abundant wherever there are 

 ledges ; seen growing on a large tree near Cascade some years 

 ago : — S, reported as common on damp rocks in woods. 



ADIANTUM, L. Maidenhair. 



A. pedatuin, L. 



Rocky ravines. B *, occasional ; Hawk Hill ; Hancock Hill, 

 etc. : — M, occasional within the past twenty years, but now 

 exceedingly rare ; a fern so beautiful as this should not be per- 

 mitted to become extinct when it can be so readily replenished 

 from regions where it is abundant, and then carefully pro- 

 tected. 



PTERIS, L. Brake. 



P. aquilina, L. 



Thickets and dry knolls. B*, M, S and BB, common. 



WOODWARDIA, Smith. Chain Fern. 



W. Virginica, Smith. 



Swamps and woodlands. B*, rare; near Monatiquot 

 Stream, etc. : — M*, frequent in the S. part of the Reservation. 



W. angustifolia, Smith. 



Low woodlands ; rare. 23*, rare ; near Monatiquot Stream, 

 W. Quincy ; Cedar Swamp. 



ASPLENIUM, L. Spleenwort. 



A. Trichomanes, L. False Maidenhair. 



Crevices of rocky declivities ; becoming rare. 23, frequent on 

 ledges near top of Great Blue Hill : — M*, occasional ; rocks, 

 N. side of Spot Pond ; Cascade region ; rocky woods, Bear 

 Hill. 



