FERNS FOUND NEAR ST. JOHN. 
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Macoun enumerates thirty-one species of ferns as occurring in 
New Brunswick and of these twenty-two are to be found in 
this section of St. John. 
In this list of the species found near St. John, the nomen- 
clature is that used in the sixth edition of Gray’s Manual. 
Botanical Name. Popular Name. Occurrence. 
Polypodium vulgare Rock fern common 
Pteris aquilina Common Brake very common 
Asplenium viride Green Spleenwort continuous along lime- 
stone ridge, but rare 
Asplenium thelypteroides Silver Spleenwort.. . . .rare 
Asplenium filix-foemina Lady fern very common 
Phegopteris jDolypodioides Long Beech fern very common 
Phegopteris Dryopteris Oak fern very common 
Aspidium thelypteris Marsh fern common 
Aspidium novaboracense New York fern scarce 
Aspidium spinulosum Spinulose Wood very common 
(both varieties intermedium and dilatatum occur.) 
^spidium cristatum 
. . . . Crested Shield 
. . .common 
Aspidium marginale 
. . . . Marginal Shield . . . . 
Aspidium acrostichoides . . . 
Cystopteris fragilis 
. . . .Fragile Bladder. . . 
. . .scarce 
Cystopteris bulbifera 
. . . . Bulblet Bladder. . . 
. . .common 
Onoclea sensibilis 
. . . .Sensitive fern 
. . .common 
Onoclea struthiopteris 
. . . .Ostrich fern 
Woodsia Ilvensis 
. . . . Rustv Woodsia. . . . 
. . .one station 
Dicksonia pilosiuscula 
. . . .Hav-scented fern. . 
. . .very common 
Osmunda regalis 
. . . . Royal fern 
Osmunda Claytoniana 
. . . . Interrupted fern. . . 
. . .very common 
Osmunda cinnamomea .... 
. . . .Cinnamon fern. . . . 
. . .very common 
Ophioglossaceae 
Botrychium virginianum Rattlesnake fern common 
Botrychium Lunaria Moonwort one station in Rock- 
wood Park. 
Botrychium obliquum Common Grape fern., one specimen found 
The form Botrychium dissectum in Macoun’s catalogue not 
reported from New Brunswick is abundant at a station near 
Hampton but I have not found it in St. John. 
