The Irresistible Charm of the Ferns

Abstract

The general similarity of the four lists is shown by the fact that the four combined include only 40 species, which is only 6 less than the list for all New England and New York, north of Connecticut. The missing six are Dryopteris fragrans, D. Fzlix-mas and four coastal plain species, namely the two Woodwardias, Dryopteris simulata, and Lygodium. All the stations report Ophioglossum vulgatum. Of the seven Botrychiums named in Gray's Manual the Green Lakes and Willoughby have all except B. angustisegmentum. The other two localities lack B. Lunaria, and Dorset fails to report B. simplex. .It is hardly conceivable that it is not there.