— 12 — 



Coville and Funston, 531 as B. variegatum 1. c. ; Matiliji Canyon, 

 border of brooks, Apr. 25, 1886; Ojai, S. Califf. — C. F. Peckham. 



3. Ramosum, 1 to 2 feet high with regular verticils of 

 branches developing at time of fruiting, ultimately attaining a 

 length of 12-15 inches. San Bernardo Parish 16668b, Coville. 

 and Funston. No. 13 Los Angeles, Dr. A. Davidson, differs in 

 having the laves bearing a carinal groove. This species and laevi- 

 gatum show their relationship to ramosissimum by developing 

 branches on stems of the year, while the species of the hiemalc 

 group rarely do so. 



4. Polystachyum . Branches ending in spikelets. Often 

 caused by injuries to the main axis. Parish 1 6,668a. 



These notes have been drawn largely from material in the 

 National Herbarium. 



In the October Bulletin, at the bottom of page 121, I stated 

 that Milde certainly, and A. Braun probably, based their des- 

 criptions of B. lacvigatum on this plant. This statement should 

 be qualified by inserting "in part" after "laevigatum." — A. A. 

 Baton. 



FERNWORT NOTES.— I. 



By Willard N. Clute. 



Fragrance oe Polypodium pustulatum. — While opening a. 

 bundle of these ferns, recently, their strong and agreeable frag- 

 rance instantly reminded me of Mr. George E. Smith's observa- 

 tion concerning them in the October Fern Bulletin. Although 

 my specimens were collected more than fifteen years ago, the 

 odor is still very noticeable and quite unlike anything in the line 

 of perfumes that I remember. Its lasting qualities and uncom- 

 mon odor would seem worth exploiting by the perfumer. 



Lycopodium lucidulum on the Pacific Coast. — A year or 

 more ago I received from Mr. J. B. Flett some specimens of a 

 club-moss, collected at the base of Mt. Ranier, Washington, which 

 he had referred, with some doubts, to Lycopodium selago. It 

 needed but a glance to show that the plants were more nearly re- 

 lated to L. lucidulum, and had this species been expected so far 

 west, Mr. Flett would undoubtedly have correctly named them. 



