In the catalogue sent out by the Vienna Botanical Exchange 

 this method is adopted, and some specimens received from Europe 

 this year are labeled on the same plan. Perhaps it might be well 

 for the Chapter to take a vote on this matter and definitely settle 

 it so far as our members are concerned. A postal sent to our sec- 

 retary, Miss Slosson, voting for varietas or forma, would express 

 the opinion of the sender. — G. 



CHEILANTHES LANOSA AT NEW HAVEN, CONN. 



By Gilbert van Ingen. 



WHILE examining the face of West Rock, near New Haven, 

 in October, 1892, the writer had the good fortune to find 

 several clumps of Cheilanthcs lanosa, very few localities 

 for which are known in the northern Atlantic States. The follow- 

 ing June another visit was made to the locality and a number of 

 fine plants were secured. The specimens were shown to Prof. D. 

 C. Eaton of Yale University, and by him said to be the first of 

 that species found in Connecticut. 



The locality is quite difficult of access, being on the precip- 

 itous face of West Rock, about half way up the cliff, under a small 

 rustic lookout built on the edge of the cliff on its south face over- 

 looking the village of Westville. Future collectors should use a 

 rope and have themselves lowered from the brink of the cliff. 

 The fern seemed to be growing vigorously in the crevices of the 

 basalt columns, some of the leaves having a length of nine inches. 



The face of East Rock, a similar basalt cliff, was searched for 

 Cheilanthes without success ; but East Rock has a westerly ex- 

 posure, exposed to the heavy storms. Cheilanthes /anosa has 

 been found in the vicinity of the Hudson valley only in localities 

 with southerly or easterly exposures. 

 New York. 



A NEW VARIETY OF DRYOPTERIS MUNITA. 



By Alvah A. Eaton. 



RECENTLY I received from Mr. Joseph C. Love of Berkeley, 

 Calif., a very marked and distinct variety of Dryopteris 

 munita which deserves especial notice. It was found in a 

 clump of about six plants, evidently all from one original spore, 

 in the hills above the town of Berkeley, not far from the college 

 grounds. Diligent search has failed to bring to light any more 



