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Lophodium Filix mas (Newm.) ; var. dissectum (Mei) (affinis). 



Clare (Phyt. ut supra ut cambricum) (K.). 



Sub- var. sinuatum (Mei). Not uncommon (affinis and Borreri). 



Dublin, Waterford, Clare. 



England : G. B. WoUaston, Esq. 



Var. laciniatum (Mei) ? Ardmore, Dublin. 



Sub-var. Truncatum (Mei) ? Dublin, Clare. 



England : G. B. WoUaston, Esq., as mueronatnm.* 



N.B. — This -species requires more study as to its varieties, with regard to 

 L. Borreri. 

 Lophodium fragrans (Newm.). 



Var. laciniatum (Mei) ? Yorkshire, G. B. WoUaston, Esq. ; in combination 

 with multifidum this may be Sub-var. sinuatum. 

 GTmnocarpium Phregopteris (Newm.) ; var. laciniatum? (Mei). 



England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. Sometimes multifid. 

 Hemestheum oreopteris (Newm.) ; var. laciniatum (Mei). 



England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 Ctenopteris vulgaro (Newm.) ; var. dissectum (Mei). 



Ireland — Wicklow — vide Newman's British Ferns, &c. Second and third edi- 

 tions. 



England, Wales, near London ; G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 



Syn. cambricum (Linn.). Fig. Newm. Brit. Ferns. 



Sub-var. sinuatum (Mei). 



Ireland— Dargle, county of Wicklow ; Dartry, county of Dublin. Common 

 and fine in South and West. 



England— Tunbridge Wells ; Torbay (Miss Griffiths). 



Synonymes sinuatum (Francis 22, Moore 44), Serratum (ib.), Hibernicum 

 (ib.), Mackayii (gardens). Dargle Fern of Mackay's Flora Uibernica, first 

 found by Miss Fitton. 

 Osmunda regalis (Lin.). 



Var. laciniatum (Mei).f . 



Guernsey : Dr. H. AUchin. 



Sub-var. truncatum J (Mei). Sneem, Kenmare Bay ; Professor R. W. Smith. 

 Two fronds shown me, through the kindness of its finder. 

 Botrychium Lunaria (Smith); var. laciniatum (Mei). 



Ireland — Kilnasantan, county of Dublin. 



England : 



N.B. I have referred here, in doubt, the incised leaved form of the moon wort. 



BRITISH SPECIES REPRESENTED IN FOLLOWING: — 



Dissectum. Sinuatttm. Laciniatum. Truncatum. 



Eupteris None. One. One. One. 



• Lomaria One. One. One. One. 



Notolepeum .... None. One. None. None. 



Phyllitis One? One. One. One. 



Amesium One? None. One. One. 



Aspleniura .... Two. Two. Two. One. 



Athyrium .... One? One? One? One? 



Polystichum .... None. None. Two. Two. 



Lophodium .... One. Two? Five? Three? 



Hemestheum . . . None. None. One. One. 



Gymnocarpium . . . None. None. One. None. 



Cystopteris .... One. None. None. None. 



Osmunda None. None. One. One. 



Botrychium .... None. None. One? None. 



Ctenopteris .... One. One. One. None. 



• Mncronatam (Wol.^ apices of all the pinna tmncate, midrib projecting In a spike. A most 

 cnriotis lookiiiR plant. Kent, O. B. Wollaston, Esq. 



t Laciniatum, pinnnlos pinnate ; segments crcnate. 



i Truncatum, pinnules rounded, and, in some cases, stalked. Killamey, Professor R. W. Smith. 

 A moat remarkable form. 



