MR. BUNBURY ON THE BOTANY OF MADEIRA. 13 



Polystichumfalcinellum, Sw. In the chestnut woods at Jardim 

 da Serra, and amidst the crowning rocks of the Arrebentao (see 

 before, p. 7). 



Polystichum aculeatum (Aspidium angulare, Sm.). Very com- 

 mon in the mountain woods ; also in lanes and hedge-banks on the 

 north side of the island. I did not see in Madeira any specimens 

 referable to Aspidium lohatum, Sm., or even approaching to it. 



JVephrodium molle. On wet banks and under dripping rocks, in 

 the neighbourhood of Punchal ; mostly, if not exclusively, below 

 1000 feet of elevation. 



Nephrodium qffine, Lowe. Here and there in the chestnut woods, 

 at 2000 feet and upwards, but sparingly. It does not appear to 

 me distinct from N. Filix-mas ; but whether species or variety, I 

 have found in North "Wales (near Dolgelly) a Fern perfectly 

 agreeing with the JV. qffine of Madeira. 



Nephrodium elongatum, Lowe. Common in moist shady places 

 in the mountain woods ; particularly fine by the side of the levada 

 near Eibeiro Frio. Besides the characters pointed out by Hooker 

 and Greville, and by Lowe, as distinguishing this from N.Filix-rnas, 

 the stalk, below the first pinnae, is much longer in proportion, so 

 that the general form is more like JSt. cristatum or dilatatum than 

 Filix-mas ; and the paleae on the midribs of the pinnae are of quite 

 a different shape. 



Nephrodium foenisecii, Lowe. Very plentiful in the Laurel 

 forests of the Metade Valley and Eibeiro Frio ; also above the 

 forests, amidst the bushes of Vaccinium padifolium, Sm., quite up 

 to the Poizo Pass, nearly 4600 feet above the sea. 



Cystopteris fragilis. Very abundant on wet and shaded rocks 

 and banks, from very near the level of the sea (on the north coast) 

 to 3000 feet and upwards in the Laurel forests. 



Davallia Canariensis, Sm. One of the most common Perns in 

 Madeira (see p. 7). 



Trichomanes speciosum, ~W. (T. radicans, var., Hook. Sp. Pil.) 

 On very wet shaded rocks, by the side of the levada or aqueduct, 

 between the Eibeiro Prio and Metade valleys; very sparingly. 

 The specimens gathered here are much less luxuriant than those I 

 collected in the wood of Agua Garcia, in Teneriffe ; the stipes 

 shorter, and more broadly winged. 



Hymenophyllum Tunhridgense, Sm. In the same locality with 

 the Trichomanes, and rather more plentifully. All the Madeira 

 specimens I have seen are well-marked examples oiH. Tunhridgense, 

 not approaching to H. Wilsoni. 



