FORKED SPLEENWORT. 



AsPLENiUM Septentrionale. — Smith, Hooker, Galpine, Gray, 



Francis. 

 Acrostichum septentrionale. — Linneus, Bolton, Hudson, Lightfoot, 



Berkenhout. 



LOCALITIES. 



England. . . . Northumberland, Kyloe craigs; Cumberland, Honiston craigs, and on rocks in the 



vicinity of Scaw Fell. 

 Wales Caernarvonshire, Pwll Du in the Pass of Llanberris, and on Glyder Vawr, above 



Llyn-y-Coon very sparingly ; a mile from Llanrwst, on the road to Conway, on 



a wall to the left, luxuriant. 

 Scotland . . . Arthur's Seat and Braid hills, near Edinburgh, formerly abundant, now rare ; 



Perthshire, near Dunkeld. 

 Ireland .... Unknown. 



This is one of our rarest ferns ; for a number of years 

 Arthur's Seat was the only locality where it could be obtained with 

 anything hke certainty. Mr. Wilson and Mr. C. C. Babington 

 have recently gathered it in Caernarvonshire, although very 

 sparingly, and in August, 1838, I had the good fortune to find it 

 in luxuriant profusion on a wall by the road side going out of 

 Llanrwst, towards Conway; the station is on the left hand, 

 exactly opposite a farm-yard, and about a mile from Llanrwst. 

 The plant is very obvious, and may be procured without diifi- 

 culty; the stones in the wall are loose, so as to admit of their 

 being readily removed and returned to their places. Although 

 I have no hesitation in thus minutely recording this habitat of 

 one of our very rarest ferns, I must accompany the record with 

 a hope that botanists will exercise moderation should they 



