A CHECKLIST OF THE NORTH AMERICAN 

 FERNWORTS. 



{Continued.) 



Hypolepis Bernh. 



99. Hypolepis repens (L.). A single plant reported 

 from Oakland, Fla., by L. M. Underwood; also 

 in tropical America and southward to Brazil 

 and Peru. 



Lomaria Desv. 



100. Lomaria spicant (L ). Deer Fern; Hard Fern. 



Not uncommon on rocky slopes ; California to 

 Alaska; also in Europe, northern Asia and 

 Japan. This is as properly placed in the genus 

 Blechnum. — Blechnum spicant (L.); Struthiop- 

 teris spicant (L.). 



The form serratum Wollaston is reported from 

 Oregon ; f, bipinnatum is a twice pinnate form 

 from Vancouver Island. 



Meniscium Schreb. 



101. Meniscium reticulatum (L ). Rare ; in wet shades. 



Southern Florida; also from Mexico and the 

 West Indies to Brazil and Peru. 

 Nephrodium Rich. 



102. Nephrodium amplum (H. & B.). Rare; in moist 



shades. Southern Florida; also in the West 

 Indies and south to Ecuador. — Dryopteris 

 ampla (H. & B.). 



103. Nephrodium Boottii (Tuckerm.). Not uncom- 



mon; in wet shades. Nova Scotia, Ontario 

 and Minnesota to Virginia. Often regarded 



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