PTERIDOGRAPHIA. 



Botrychium lunaria. — This species was omitted 

 from the California Fern Flora, published in the first 

 number of volume twelve (1004) of the Fern Bulletin, 

 as no reliable evidence of its presence in the state could 

 be obtained, although it had been reported. It may 

 now be added, as I have received authentic specimens, 

 collected near Mariposa, by Mr. J. \V. Congdon. — 5 

 B. Parish. 



Slender Cliff-brake in Japan. — The Flora of 

 Japan is very much like that of Eastern America, and 

 many of the ferns are common to the two countries. A 

 list of Japanese ferns would contain Osmunda regalis, 

 0. Cinnamomea Asplenium trichomancs, A. viridc 

 Pteris aquilina, Botrychium tenia tu m and many more 

 whose names are familiar to us. Last to be added to 

 the list is the slender cliff-brake (Crypto gramme Stel- 

 leri or Pellaea gracilis), which was discovered recently 

 on Alt. Yatsugatake in the province of Shinano, by T. 

 Makino. 



Lomaria Spicant's Variable Sporelings. — That 

 so many variants should have arisen from a sowing of 

 contractum mentioned recently is of particular inter- 

 est inasmuch as they apparently embrace exact counter- 

 parts of two British forms, concinnum and linearc, and 

 also of another section altogether viz: multifureatum. 

 It is, however, not quite clear from text and illustra- 

 tion whether all the forms figured were raised from 

 contractum or whether the English types are intro- 

 duced to show approximation. I am strongly of the 

 opinion that this latter is the case. Apart from these 



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