Notes on Some Ferns Found during 1909

Abstract

While attending the botanical symposium, at Stamford, New York, during the first week of July, 1909, I was interested chiefly in noting and collecting some of the ferns of the region. Beside the more common ferns and some that are noted further on, I may here mention the following as found in the region: Phegopteris Dryopteris (L.) Fee, P. Phegopteris (L.) Und., Filix fragilis (L). Und., Matteuccia Struthiopteris (L.) Todaro, Dryopteris cristata x marginalis Dav. About midway up Mt. Utsayantha there were a few plants of Athyrium angustifolium (Michx.) Milde growing in an open wet place. I did not see this fern elsewhere in the region about Stamford. Near the summit of the mountain there were Dryopteris Goldiana (Hook.) Gray, D. dilatata (Hoffm.) Gray, and D. intermedia (Muhl.) Gray. The two latter grew side by side, and I made a hurried but unsuccessful search for intermediates between them. On the wooded slopes of this mountain and of Bald Hill there were numerous little plants of Botrychium lanceolatum (Gmel.) Angstr. and B. neglectum Wood. These ai ly no justification for comparing the leaves se plants to the stems, leaves, and flowers of a 12