Note 26 — AN OWL'S HEAD HOLIDAY.
Reading edition
To bear out what has been said in the text concerning the abundance of ferns at Owl's Head, I subjoin a list of the species observed; premising that the first interest of my trip was not botanical, and that I explored but a very small section of the woods:—
Polypodium vulgare.
Adiantum pedatum.
Pteris aquilina.
Asplenium Trichomanes.
A. thelypteroides.
A. Filix-fœmina.
Phegopteris polypodioides.
P. Dryopteris.
Aspidium marginale.
A. spinulosum, variety undetermined.
A. spinulosum, var. dilatatum.
A. Goldianum.
A. acrostichoides.
A. aculeatum, var. Braunii.
Cystopteris bulbifera.
C. fragilis.
Onoclea struthiopteris.
O. sensibilis.
Woodsia Ilvensis.
Dicksonia punctilobula.
Osmunda regalis.
O. Claytoniana.
O. cinnamomea.
Botrychium lanceolatum.
B. matricariæfolium.
B. ternatum.
B. Virginianum.