Abstracts received so far:

1. Apomixis in ferns: A consequence of marginal habitats and outcrossing? - WINDHAM, MICHAEL D.* AND CHRISTOPHER H. HAUFLER.
2. Desiccation-tolerant pteridophytes: A unique position in the evolution of desiccation tolerance in land plants. - OLIVER, MELVIN J.* AND BRENT D. MISHLER.
3. Distribution of arid climates and drought-adapted pteridophytes, an introduction. - HOOPER, ELISABETH A.* AND GEORGE YATSKIEVYCH.
4. Evolution and adaptations of pteridophytes in dry climates. - YATSKIEVYCH, GEORGE* AND ELISABETH A. HOOPER.
5. Ferns as epiphytes. - BENZING, DAVID, H.
6. Morphological reassessment of molecular phylogenetic inferences in the xerically adapted cheilanthoid ferns (Pteridaceae: Cheilanthoideae). - GASTONY, GERALD J.* AND GEORGE YATSKIEVYCH.
7. SEM studies of vessels in ferns of xeric habitats. - CARLQUIST, SHERWIN* AND EDWARD SCHNEIDER.