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rock which protruded itself from among the surrounding mica slate. 



A. tricJiomanes: it was very curious to observe in rambling over the 

 mountains, that wherever the limestone strata appeared there were almost 

 always plants of this fern growing in the crevices. 



Scolopendrium vulgare is not unfrequent, but does not appear to attain 

 any great size. 



CeteracTi officinannn is very abundant on the walls on the road-side 

 between Ovighterai-d and Gal way. 



Hymenopliyllum tunhridrjense: I had expected to find this beautiful little 

 fern, and had searched most of the waterfalls for that purpose, but without 

 success. One day I had been out with a small party Fox-shooting on one 

 of the mountains, and we were overtaken in a heavy shower of rain. To 

 prevent our guns from getting wet we crept into a hollow formed by the 

 rocks, and we had not been there long before I found that the sides of the 

 cave were covered with a profusion of ILjmenopliylhim, and I subsequently 

 found it in gi'eat abundance in similar situations. 



Osmunda regalis is one of the commonest ferns, and flourishes luxuriantly 

 on the banks of the lakes and streams. 



Botnjcliium lunaria grows on the lawn in front of J. Ellis's residence. 



Lycopodium selago abounds on all the mountains, generally preferring an 

 altitude of from eight to fourteen hundred feet above the sea. 



L. inundatum I only found in one locality, on the boggy margin of a small 

 lake. 



L. selnqinoides grows sparingly on most of the wet mountain sides, and on 

 the banks of some streamlets abundantly: in some specimens the spikes were 

 five inches and a half in height. I found this fern on the summit of mountains 

 one thousand nine hundred feet above the sea. 



Isoetes lacustris is abundant in several of the lakes. 



Pilularia glolmUfera grows in great abundance on a stream flowing from 

 Pollacappul Lough; but I was only able to discover one or two specimens 

 bearing pills. 



Bradford, Septemler 2dth., I80I. 



A DEVONSHIRE COPSE RAMBLE IN JUNE. 



BY S. HANNAFORD, ESQ., J UN. 



"The garlands fade that Spring so lately wove, 



Each simple flowei-, which she had nurs'd in dew, 

 Anemones that spangled every grove, 



The Primrose wan, and Harebell mildly bhie, 

 No more shall linger in the dell, 



Or purple Orchis vaiiegato the plain; 

 Till Spring again shall call forth every bell, 

 And dress with humid hands her wreaths again." 



Charlotte Smith. 



