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ture are all right for the hybrid. It has a few normal spores, so few 

 that they may have come from other plants in the wind or from the 

 presspaper. But these ferns are so closely related that the hybrid 

 may prove fertile. In that case this plant may be a third generation 

 Mendelian cross. Your 4063 A is a puzzle. It seems to have no normal 

 spores. The plant is very underdevelope'd for July 30. I think it is a 

 hybrid, but if it is related in any way with the spinulosums, it is not a 

 very good intermediate. It compares pretty well with a European 

 Dryopteris remota in my collection though your fern is much bigger. 

 Remota is probably a D. Filix-mas x spinulosa hybrid, was so regarded 

 by Milde over 50 years ago. I am not sure that your fern is anything 

 more than an extreme form of Filix-mas. 



"After taking the specimens to Cambridge and comparing them 

 with the herbarium specimens with Dr. Robinson's assistance, he writes 

 in regard to this same plant: — 'Your 4063 A is beyond any variation 

 I have found described. I think it is a hybrid but it is not what I 

 should expect as an intermediate with spinulosa. I prefer not to make 

 a positive statement until I see the plants in the field." 



This station for Filix-mas is in a cold ravine, and the plants, about 

 twelve to fourteen in number, are closely associated with a form of 

 Aspiclium spinulosum var. dilatatum forma anadenium and with 

 Aspidium marginale. Only a few feet away is an abundance of Aspi- 

 dium spinulosum var. intermedium. 



NEW BOTANICAL FINDS FOR ST. JOHNSBURY AND 



VICINITY. 



Inez A. Howe. 



During the season of 1914 several additions were made to the 

 local flora of St. Johnsbury and vicinity in connection with the botani- 

 cal work at the Fairbanks museum. 



In St. Johnsbury, Veronica arvensis and Pastinaca sativa were 

 found in newly seeded fields; Rides floridvm along the clayey bank of 

 Moose river; Anthemis arvensis, Geranium molle and Convolvulus 

 arvensis in village lawns. In moist woodland, Equisetum sylvaticum 

 was found growing plentifully; Apocynum medium by a roadside; 

 Sparganium eurycarpum in a marsh and Cirsium pumilum in a dry 

 pasture; Aster novi-belgii was found growing sparingly on the Passump- 



