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Ctenopteris ▼ii1gari8(Newin.); 8ab-Tar.(multifiduin)(Mei); at antea. Xland2» 

 Z. Fig. Newm. Br. Ferns, p. 111. Clare, Wicklow, Dublin; occort 

 here generally in only one frona of a plant. 

 England : Newm. Brit. Ferns. G. B. WoUaston, Esq. 

 Syn. bifidum (Moore) ; proliferum (ib.) ; multifidum (col.). 

 Trichomanes speciosum ( Wildcn) ; sub-var. multifidum (Mci) ; ut antea. Z. 



One frond in cultivated plant. 

 Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense (Smith) ; sub-var. multifidum ^Mei). A fine spe- 

 cimen of X 2, among plants of this fern brought from Killarney, by James 

 Haughton, Jun., Esq., 1853. 

 Hymen. Wilsoni ; sub-var. multifidum (Mei). X 2 ; Killarney. G. B. WoUas- 

 ton, Esq. Dr. H. Allchin. Very fine. 

 Osmunda Rcgalis (Linn.). 

 Sub-var. multifidum (Mei). Z, verv rare. I have seen but one specimen ; on 



a plant brought from Killarney, by Professor R. W. Smith. 

 Var. Cristatum. 

 Botrychium Lunaria (Smith) ; sub-var. multifidum (Mei). 

 Ireland: X 2; Mack. Flor. Hib. 346, and Kilnasantan, 1854. 

 England ; Newm., Br. Ferns. I. L. L. Buchanan, Esq. G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 Syn. Ramosum (auct.). 

 Var. Cristatum (Mei) ; vide pp. 25, 26, 51. 

 Lunaria minor ramosa (Ray). 



Ophioglossum vulgatum (Linn.) ; sub-var. X 2, multifidum (Mei). 

 Ireland: Kilnasantan, 1854. 

 Newm. Brit. Ferns. Deakin's Flor. Brit. p. 33. 

 Syn. Ramosum (auct.). 



BRITISH SPECIES REPRESENTED IN FOLLOWING : — 



Multifidum. Cristatum, 



Adiantum One species. . Not represented. 



Eupteris One ,, . . Not represented. 



Lomaria One ,, . . One species. 



Notolepeum One ,, . . Not represented. 



Phyllitis One ,, . . One species. 



Amesium One ,, . . One species. 



Asplenium Six* ,, . . Three species; two doubtful. 



Athyrium Two ,, . . Three species (?) 



Polystichum Three ,, . . One species, 1860. 



Lophodium Five „ . . One species. 



Gymnocarpium One ,, . . Not represented. 



Cystopteris Two ,, . . ,i 



Woodsia One? „ . . „ 



Ctenopteris One ,, . . », 



Hymenophyllum ^ Two ,, . . ,, 



Trichomanes One ,, . . *» 



Osmunda One „ . . One species, 1860. 



Ophioglossum One ,, . . Not represented. 



Botrychium One ,, . . One species. 



Generaunrepresented^Pseudathyrium, Hemestheum, AUosurus, Gymnogr&mma. 



MAY 7, 1854. 



ON THE ABNORMAL fO^MS OP TERNS. — PART U. BY J. B. KINAHAN, X. B. 



Since I last had the honour of addressing you, I have, through the kindness 

 of its owner, had the opportunity afforded mo of examining a most extensive 



* Including FonUnom m British. 



