THE FLORA OF LIVEEPOOL. 



Vae. S. purcatum. Fronds cleft into two or more 

 parts at the top. 



Plentiful about Hale, Hale wood, and a shady ditch near 

 Oak Vale Nui-sery,— W.S., J.S., and W.H. Near Club 

 Moor. In shady lanes between Woodside and Oxton, not 

 unfrequent. About Wavertree, — T. Sansom. 



6. PTERIS. Linn. Brake. 

 1 . P. AQUiLiNA. L. (Common B.) July, August. 2^ 



Woods, heaths, and gravelly places, very common. 



7. BLECHNUM. Linn. Hard-Fern. 

 1. B. BOREALE. Sw. (Northern H.) July, August. U 



Woods and moist heaths, common. 



A proliferous variety is to be occasionally found on Tran- 



mere Heath, and in a tir wood at Claughton. 



Ord. XCV. Osmundace^. R. Br. 

 The Osmund Faintly. 



"Capsules clustered on the margin of a transformed frond, 

 with an obscure ring, reticulated and pellucid, opening by 

 two regular valves. Fronds circinnate in aestivation." 

 CGen. 1.) 



i. OSMUND A. Linn. Osmund Royal or Flowering Fern. 



1. O. REGALTs. L. (Common O. or Flowering Fern.) July, 

 August. U 



Frequent on hedge banks, and in the lands between 

 Crosby and Formby, at Fazakerley, and about Orrell and 

 litherland. At Clegg's pits, Allerton. On Simmons- 

 wood Moss, and vicinity, it is very abundant and of large 

 size, reaching a height of from four to five feet, — W.H. 

 Sutton Moss. Soutliport In a small thicket a little 

 beyond Bebbington Church. UUett Lane (one root in 

 1846 and 1848),— T. Sansom. 



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