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POLYPODIACEAE. 
[AspiDiuM SPINULOSUM S\v., var. DiLATATUM (Hoffiii.) Hook. The 
record of this fern for Sable Island is based on a communication from 
H. T. Giissow, but he writes that the plant was in " too fragmentary 
a condition to be placed in the Herbarium." The determination of 
this plant cannot now be verified.] 
Polypodium vulgare L. Known only from one collection, on the 
old land at Island Pond, very rare, J. Macoun ("C. no. 22,695). 
Spores mature, — late July. 
OSMUND ACE AE. 
Osmunda cinnamomea L. Local, but abundant by the marshy 
shores of the fresh ponds at the eastern end of Wallace Lake, near 
Life Saving Station No. 3. Collected by J. Macoun; H. T. Giis- 
sow; H. St. John, no. 1,108 (H). 
LYCOPODIACEAE. 
Lycopodium inundatum L. Somewhat general in the wet dune 
hollows. J. Macoun; II. T. Giissow; H. St. John, nos. 1,109 and 
1,110 (H). 
Spores mature, — September. 
PINACEAE . 
PiNUS MONTANA Mill. Six trecs planted near Life Saving Station 
No. 3, in a grassy dune hollow have survived from the five thousand 
set out in 1901, but they are not over two feet in height, and are 
hidden by a luxuriant growth of Amm^phila. H. St. John, no. 1,111 
(H). 
P. SYLVESTRis L. A few trees out of the ten thousand planted in 
1901 near Life Saving Station No. 4, are still living but they are 
overtopped by the Ammophila. II. St. John, no. 1,112 (H). 
PiCEA CANADENSIS (Mill.) B. S. P. One tree surviving at Life 
Saving Station, No. 4, from tlie planting in 1901 of 2, .")()() young trees. 
//. St. John, no. 1,113 (H). 
[JuNiPERUS COMMUNIS recorded by -/. Macoun (M. p. 2 1(3 A) is 
probably of the \nr. lucgistocarpa.] 
