The FLAf^T WORLD 



VILLARD N. CLUTE & CQ., 

 BlNGHAnTON/N. T, 



F. H. KNOWLTON, FH, D., EDITOR, 

 Vhshingtsm, D. c. 



HSSOCIATE EDITORS: 



nK. churlbs lsuis pollard 



nlSS CLHRH E. CUnniNQS 

 ^j/nRS. E. C, BRITTSN 



niSS JOSEFHINE E. TILDEN 

 HR. WRLTEK H2UGH 



HR. fl. W. EVANS 



New Dorp, St a ten Id. N.Y. Nov. 8jh, FWT. - 



l^ear Mr. ."nav^nport , 



7 have been nuch interested i n study 

 ing the N. Am. Ophiogl os ss ^irns lately, and find in Prof "atos, fir. 

 ar'ays an:lT,rof. Underwoods h.erbaria a specimen labelled 0. vulga- 

 tiirn collected by Turner in Unalaska, in I878( Eaton specimen) 1879 

 Oray nerb. whic'--' I do not t>'ink is that species. It belongs to the 

 o/ reticulatum gro'ip according' to ^^rantl, and c '^ne 3 nearest accord- 

 ing to description and -is figures to 0. pedunculosum of Japan, of 

 v.'hich I have not seen any spe cimen tha t ar jkuthent ic. I have made 

 trncinrs from the fronds in thse herbaria, and shoiil 1 be miich obli- 

 ged if y u \cld .ake some for me from yours a* the „ass. Ho rt^ Soc. 

 ^enclose paper and a tracing that you may see what I n.ean. 

 J have a species A!n ich appears to t>.e new ^vhioh J am de crib ing as 

 0. arenarlum, -'nd of which Mr. Pollard will send you a specimen as 

 soon as his labels ari; printed. 



You 's very tra ly , 



1. Bry^fit '( 



