FERNS OF THF PACIFIC COAST, 



INCLL^DINO ARIZONA, 



BEING A SYSTEMATIC CLASSIFIED LIST, 



(JIVING THE 



Principal Distinguishing Characters by the Analyiical 



Method; also the Noted Localities of Growth, 



AND the Popular Names of the Species. 



By J. G. LEMMON, 



Oakland, Gal. 



ORDER PILICES : TRUE FERNS. 



Only one of the six Sub-Orders is represented on the Pacific 

 Coast. 



POLYPODIACE^. 



Six of the Ten Tribes are represented. 



FIRST TPJBE, POLYPODIE^E. Only one genus. 



PoLYPODiuM, L. Polypody ferns. 



§ 1. Eupohjpodiuni. Veins not uniting. 



P. vulgare. L. " Common Polypody." S. Y. hills, Yo-Semite. 

 A cosmopolite. 



Var. occidentale, Hook. Tlie usual form on the Pacific coast. 



P. falcatum, Kellogg. " Kellogg's Polypody," " Licorice fern." 

 On trees in deep wouds, N. Cal. and Coast of Oregon. I^are. 



