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new species. Again, several mere forms are included as 

 good species, such as the forms of Botrychium named 

 Alabamense, tenuifolium, Calif ornicum and Onondagense, 

 and the forms of Nephrodium named Aquilonare and 

 Pittsfordense. In passing, the curious fact may be men- 

 tioned that Dr. Underwood, while listing at different 

 times a great number of variants of Botrychium tema- 

 tum, has omitted entirely the variety Oneidense described 

 by Mr. Gilbert, though it is far more characteristic than 

 others that could be mentioned, and was described since 

 1900. Among the species actually new to our flora, those 

 not previously listed in this journal are Lomaria procera 

 (listed as Stenochlcena kunzcana) , Aspidium cicntarium 

 (listed as Tcctaria coriandrifolia) , Schizcea pcnnula, and 

 Asplenium muticum. Meniscium reticulatum is reported 

 on the authority of A. A. Eaton, though first reported in 

 this magazine by the editor and J. H. Ferriss a year be- 

 fore Mr. Eaton ever collected it. From the list is omitted 

 Cheilanthes moritziana, though this is more easily distin- 

 guished than any form of Botrychium described in this 

 century ! The plant reported by A. A. Eaton as Acrosti- 

 chum sorbifolium is also omitted. In this paper we also 

 note a curious clinging to the term macrospore. although 

 all morphological botanists have long ago abandoned it 

 for the more proper megaspore. The Sclaginella men- 

 tioned in " The Fern Allies " as collected in California 

 by Mr. Saunders is named PariskU. Six other mere 

 forms of Sclaginella previously described are listed. 



In an old number of Median's Monthly we find a cor- 

 respondent calling Equisctum hicmalc the " dry rush." 

 Certainly few other living plants are as dry to the touch 

 as this one. 



According to the Gardoiing World, The Country 

 Press, 19 Ball St., Kensington, W., London, has issued a 

 set of seven post-cards illustrating forty-two species of 

 British ferns. The illustrations are taken from Heath's 

 " Fern Paradise," and the set of seven cards are sold for 

 a sixpence, though this probably does not include postage. 



