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It is stated in the article that Botrychium lanceolatum Angs. 

 had not been reported from the western part of the State. It has, 

 however, appeared in two of the floras, that of Buffalo and vi- 

 cinity, compiled by David F. Day. and published at Buffalo. 1883. 

 and in the plants of Monroe county and adjacent territory, pub- 

 lished in the Proceedings of the Rochester Academy of Sciences, 

 vol. 3. Rochester. 1896. In the former it is recorded as rare, and 

 one station mentioned, Cassadaga Lake. Chautauqua county. In 

 the latter it is also given as rare, with one station recorded, Hol- 

 ley, Orleans county. It is probable that these were the only lo- 

 calities known at the time to the respective compilers, or others 

 would have been specified. But another can be added, of which 

 mention has not before been made, Attica. Wyoming county. In 

 August, 1879, I found good fruiting specimens in the southern 

 part of the town near the line of Orangeville, and again, in 

 August. 1888. in the same piece of woods. It was rare, but had 

 maintained its place for the nine years intervening. The wood 

 was chiefly composed of maple and beech, with a goodly supply 

 of hemlock. The ferns seemed to prefer the hemlock association, 

 as if liking rather deep shade. Taking the three stations thus 

 recorded for western Xew York, Holley. just south of Lake 

 Ontario and a short distance west of Rochester : Attica, nearly 

 midway across the State to the line of Pennsylvania, and Cassa- 

 daga Lake, a few miles south of Dunkirk, in the southwestern 

 county of the State, the range of the fern may be said to be 

 commensurate with the region. Being thus scattered, it doubtless 

 occurrs in other localities, but so small a plant, half hidden in the 

 rotting leaves of woods, is easily overlooked. As to altitude, 

 Holley (the railroad station) is given as 533 feet, Lake Cassadga. 

 one of the sources of the Mississippi by way of the Ohio. 1.300 

 feet. The station in Attica, on the high hills which separate the 

 waters which reach Lake Ontario through the Genesee river, and 

 the Niagara river by way of Tonawanda creek, must be fully as 

 high. 



Botrychium inatricariacfoliuin A. Braun is also reported in 

 the Rochester catalogue. Three localities are east of the Gen- 

 esee river, Wayne county, Henrietta and Webster. Monroe county, 

 and one west of the river. Holley. 



Under Asplcnium Trichomancs L. it is stated in Mr. Gil- 

 bert's list : "On limestone rocks, middle and eastern parts of the 



