THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
tern {O. cinnaniomea) and the interrupted fern (O. Clay- 
tonimia). The sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) was pres- 
ent, as it nearly always is in sucli situations, as well as the 
ostrich fern (0. Struthioptcris), which lifted its tall fronds 
out of the black soil. 
Here for the first time 1 made the acquaintance of the 
beautiful bladder fern {Cystopteru bnlbifera), its long 
lanceolate fronds, usually bearing the little bulblets, hang- 
ing out over the brook in many places. Its near relative, the 
fragile bladder fern (C. fragil{s),\wsis also present, but its 
small fronds were nearly hidden by its larger neighbors. 
Back a little way from the brook stood a clump of the 
silvery spleenwort (Asplcniinu thelyptcroidcs) , uhile bv 
tiie fence at the edge of the wood lot were numerous patches 
of the lady fern { Asplcniiim Pilixfocmina) . Xear the sil- 
very spleenwort were a few indi%iduals of Xcphr odium 
cnsUihun s^ir Clintomamnn. Both the silverv spleenuort 
Perhaps a closer ^ 
as also a member i 
that B(jott's 1 
the dryer knolls grew the Xew Ynrk 
cense) and in the l>'>ggy 
shield feni ( .V. thclyptcks 
The most ah-undant oi 
vear, Septeml)er. its fronds wer 
! hardly a perfect one coidd i>e 
