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THE FERN BULLETIN 



tribe was Cystopteris bulbifera but within a radius of 

 a few rods were sixteen or eighteen different species, 

 among them Dryoptci is Goldicana one of the noblest 

 of our American ferns. The fronds of Scolopcndriuni 

 before the sporangia are developed might easily be 

 passed by an inexperienced collector without being 

 suspected of being ferns. They are long, narrow and 

 entire with a heart-shaped base and grow in tufts with 

 a rather short chaffy stipe. Investigation directed to 

 the roots will usually show the crosiers of the in-, 

 fant fronds and the shrivelled fronds of last year ly- 

 ing on the ground, their backs showing the prominent 

 lines of discharged spore-cases. To some the species 

 may seem lacking in the characteristic beauty of the 

 fern but like all of nature's handiwork, it grows in 

 interest with acquaintance. — C. F. S. (Reprinted 

 from Linnaean Fern Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 12. page 1. 



INDEX TO RECENT LITERATURE. 



Readers are requested to call our attention to any 



errors in, or omissions from this list. 



Clute, W. N. Additions to the check-list. Fern 

 Bulletin, Jan. 1909. 



Clute, W. N. A Running Fern. Illust. Fern Bul- 

 letin, Jan. 1909. — Rhipidopteris peltatum discussed. 



Clute, W. N. Rare Forms of Ferns. IX. Four Ab- 

 errant Osniundas. Illust. Fern Bulletin. Jan. 1909. 

 Osmuna regalis f. linearis, 0. cinnanioniea f. an- 

 gusta and 0. cinnanioniea f. trifoliata illustrated 

 and described. 



Ferris, J. H. The Ferns of Cochise County, Arizona. 

 Fern Bulletin, Jan. 1909. 



