No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. I9 



or local westward and frequent in the limestone district of 

 northwestern Connecticut. July. 



The fronds vary greatly in form even on the same plant. 

 The rootstock is medicinal. 



CRYPTOGRAMMA R. Br. Rock Brake. 

 Cryptogramma Stelleri (Gmel.) Prantl. 

 Pcllaea gracilis Hook. 

 Bellaea Stelleri Watt. 

 Slender Rock Brake. 



Very rare. New Haven, on trap ledges at West Rock (G. 

 Van Ingen) ; Kent, moist shaded ledges of calcareous rock 

 (Eames & E. H. Austin), and Brookfield, in similar situations 

 (Eames) ; SaHsbury, on limestone (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). July. 



WOODWARDIA Smith. Chain Fern. 

 Woodwardia virginica (L.) Smith. 

 Virginia Chain Fern. 



Wet open swamps, often in Sphagnum. Rare or local in 

 northern districts: South Windsor (A. W. Driggs), Granby 

 (I. Holcomb). Becoming occasional southward and frequent 

 near the coast. July. 

 Woodwardia areolata (L.) Moore (marked with little areas). 

 Woodzmrdia angustifolia Smith. 

 Net-veined Chain Fern. 



Wet or swampy woods. Rare inland : East Hartford (J. 

 F. Smith), Oxford and Middlebury (Harger). Occasional 

 in the vicinity of the coast. Sept. 



ASPLENIUM L. Spleenwort. 

 Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt. (feather-cleft). 

 Pinnatifid Spleenwort. 



Very rare. Southington, on ledges of shale (H. C. Bige- 

 low) ; Sharon, on ledges of limestone (E. L Huntington). 



Juiy.^ 



Not known from any other New England state. 

 XAsplenium ebenoides R. R. Scott (like the Ebony Spleen- 

 wort). 

 Scott's Spleenwort. 



Two plants of this rare species, or more properly hybrid^ 



