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The manner of growth of Scirpoides is a little peculiar. The 

 stems are short, slender and very much flexed, the sterile ones 

 generally recurving at the top. The end of the stem bearing the 

 fertile spike seldom bends over until the fruit is nearly matured, 

 the little black knob-like bud usually pointing upward. When 

 dried most of the stems recurve and some even bend into circles 

 or double circles. From the slender rootstock the simple stems 

 grow in small clusters or tufts. The plants spread by means of 

 the creeping rootstock, forming great masses which make a soft 

 mat over the ground. It is hoped that the time of fruiting of 

 this species will be closely watched by others and reported upon. 

 The writer has specimens of H. scirpoides for exchange. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. 



FERNWORT NOTES.— II. 



By Willard N. Clute. 



Nephrodium unitum glabrum in Florida. — In recording 

 Nepr odium unitum glabra m from Sanford, Fla., it was noted 

 that no other exact locality for the plant in the State had been 

 given. Mrs. E. C. Anthony has since informed me that she 

 found it growing abundantly on both branches of the Miami 

 river, near the Everglades. The fern is apparently widely dis- 

 tributed, and further notes of its occurrence are desirable. 



Gymnogramme triangularis in Alaska. — In Torreya for 

 January Professor Underwood referred to this fern as growing 

 in Alaska, but without definite data as to locality. Since Alaska 

 is not included in its range in the latest edition of "Our Native 

 Ferns," and since it is not listed from that part of the world in 

 either Maxon's or Gilbert's lists, some curiosity may be ex- 

 pressed regarding it. Eaton's "Ferns of North America" gives 

 its known northern range as Oregon and suggests the possibility 

 that it may be found beyond. This, in fact, has been done by 

 Mr. J. B. Flett, who found it in Washington. "Synopsis Fili- 

 cum" reports it from Vancouver Island, but this last may be 

 an error due to the mixing of specimens. 



The alliance of Lycopodium lucidulum. — Among the 

 common club mosses of the Eastern States, there are none that 



