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New Jersey, and as is sometimes the case they were 

 more or less associated with Aster nemoralis. As par- 

 ticularly indicating the situation may be named Xyris 

 montana, J uncus stygius Americana and Bartonia 

 iodandra any of which may sometimes lead to other 

 finds of this fern." The island abounds in situations of 

 the same character, this tract alone covering many 

 square miles. 



POLYPODIUM VULGAR E AURITUM. On AugUSt 1 St. ill 



company with Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Scoullar and Mr. 



Henry W. Merrill, I searched several ledges in 

 Stan dish for forms of Poly podium vulgare. We found 

 a number of specimens of Poly podium vulgare auri- 

 tum, eared on the lower side of the pinnae only, and it 

 was also our good fortune to find a few specimens of 

 Poly podium vulgare auritum (Merrill), eared on the 

 upper side of the pinae only. — Alice M. Paine, Scbago 

 Lake, Maine. 



The Red-stiped Lady Fern. — Why is so little in- 

 terest shown in the rubrum form of the lady fern? In 

 this locality it is the first fern to unroll its fronds. We 

 find it growing with the type, in the same soil, and 

 same exposure to the light. Yet while one has a green 

 stipe and rachis the other has both of a beautiful wine 

 color, and often the midveins and blade have the same 

 color in a lighter shade. Three seasons ago, I trans- 

 planted a plant of each fern, which I found growing 

 side by side in a moist woodland, into drier soil, and an 

 eastern exposure. The type has taken on a lighter hue 

 and the segments are broader than before. The 

 rubrum remains the same retaining its color in both 

 stipe and rachis throughout the season. The same 

 year that I transplanted them, I potted a small rubrum 



