THE FERX BULLETIN 



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ing we misplaced an honor rightly belonging to the 

 cream of Tartar nobility who may have written on 

 plants some thousands of years before even Adam was 

 born. 



If ever that "rule of priority" comes in contact with 

 a parcel of horse sense what a wreck there will be. 

 But who cares? The ferns still survive — call them 

 what you please. And there ought to be enough names 

 at hand now to suit almost anybody. 



FERN FLORA OF ILLINOIS. 



In spite of the efforts of both editor and contributor, 

 an absurd error crept into the "Fern Flora of Illinois" 

 published in the April number of this magazine. The 

 data for Adiantum palatum and Poly podium poty* 

 podiodes were confused to the extent that the latter 

 species was reported as common throughout the state. 

 Polypodium polypodioidcs is, however, a rare species 

 and found only in the southern part of the state. Its 

 proper range should be given as "On trees and rocks. 

 Jackson county French; Wabash, Schncch; and south- 

 ward.'' The error was not likely to mislead anyone 

 familiar with the species, but in the interests of ac- 

 curacy the correction is here made. 



RARE FORMS OF FERNWORTS. -XXIII. 



Who Cax Name this Ferx? 

 The fern which is illustrated herewith, was collected 

 by Mr. L. H. Hyde while on a trip to Xew Zealand in 

 1011. It was found on South Keppel Island where it 

 grew' in bunches like grass. Residents in the vicinity 

 say that the fern grows nowhere else ; but that is a 

 common impression with regard to an unusual plant 



