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The present list includes thirty-four ferns and thirty allies. 

 The writer will be glad to receive any additions or corrections 

 >o this list. 



OPHIOGLOSSACE^E. 



Ophioglossum vulgatum L. Adder's-tongue. Reported from 

 the southern part of the State by Suksdorf. 



Botrychium occidcntale Underw. Moist places near streams 

 and in alluvial meadows. Not very common. Spanaway, Puget 

 Sound region. It extends northward into Alaska. Collected 

 by the writer on Prince of Wales Island. 



Botrychium Virgiilianum Sw. Rattlesnake fern. Lake 

 Cushman, Puyallup. H. H. Garretson; also reported by Suks- 

 dorf. Not common. 



Botrychium lance olatum Angs. Rare, rich mossy woods. 

 Foothills of Mt. Tacoma. 



Botrychium matricariae folium A. Br. Reported by Suksdorf. 



Botrychium simplex Hitchcock. Olympic Mountains. Piper & 

 Elmer; Mt. Tacoma, C. B. Smith (?). 



POIyYPODIACEiE. 



Poly podium hesperium Maxon. Common mountain poly- 

 pody. Found in crevices of rocks at an altitude of 5.000-6,000 

 feet. It is not found near sea-level. 



Polypodium falcatum Kellogg. This is our common Polypody 

 or licorice fern, which generally grows on rotten logs and tree 

 trunks in dense, shady woods, though sometimes rooting in soil. 

 It grows long and slender with acute pinnae in densely shaded 

 places, while in open places it becomes thicker and the pinnae 

 more rounded and smaller. 



Polypodum Scouleri Hook. & Grev. Gray's Harbor, Piper. 

 Not widely distributed, confined to the coast. 



Gymnogramma triangularis Kaulf. Golden fern. Eatonville, 

 San Juan Islands, Fidalgo Island, foothills of Mt. Tacoma, 

 O. D. Allen; Columbia river. 



Adiantum pedatum L. Maiden-hair fern. Our form is 

 larger and more clustered than the eastern form. The variety 

 rangiferinum was seen by the writer near Mt. Baker on an ex- 

 posed rock-slide at an altitude of about 5,000 feet. Good speci- 



