Cheilaxthes vestita Sw. On granite and sandstone 

 rocks in Middle and Northwest Georgia, not rare. Ranges 

 southward almost to the fall-line at Augusta (where it 

 was collected by Beyrich, according to Kunze) and Co- 

 lumbus. The latter must be its southern limit, as there 

 is no granite any farther south in the Eastern United 

 States. Evergreen. 



Cheilaxthes tomentosa Link. Principally on sand- 

 stone rocks, in the mountains. \\ nitfield County (Wil- 

 son), Toccoa Falls and vicinity (Underwood, Small), 

 Tallulah Falls (Seymour). 



Pell.ea atropurpurea (L) Link. On limestone or 

 sandstone, in the western half of the State. Known from 

 Whitfield, Walker, Gordon, and Floyd Counties in the 

 Palaeozoic region, and Randolph County in the Eocene 

 region of the coastal plain. The latter is probably the 

 southernmost station in the eastern United States. Be- 

 sides its natural habitats I have seen it on the north side 

 of a brick chimney of a deserted house in Tunnel Hill, 

 Whitfield County, and on an old iron furnace in Bartow 

 County. Dr. C. E. Waters has reported it as growing in 

 a similar way in [Maryland. It is evergreen in Georgia, 

 however it may behave elsewhere. 



Woodwardia Virginica J. E. Smith (Anchistea Vir- 

 ginica Presl.) Confined to the coastal plain, where it is 

 widely distributed in moist pine-barrens and shallow 

 ponds, etc. It is essentially a light-loving species, and its 

 fronds have been noticed to face the sun. (See Eaton, 

 Ferns N. A. 2: 46. 1880; Palmer, Proc Biol. Soc. Wash. 

 13:68. 1889; also Torrcya, 2:157. Oct., 1902.) 



Woodwardia axgustifolia J. E. Smith (Lorinscria 

 areola ta Presl). In wet woods, widely distributed over 

 the State, perhaps growing in every county, but not 

 abundant. As fond of shade as the preceding species is 

 of light. It often grows in wells, and is about the only 

 one of our native ferns which does so. That this and the 

 preceding were hardly congeneric was noted 87 years 

 ago by Xuttall. 



ASPLENIUM pinnatifidum Xntt. Collected on Stone 



