GREEN SPLEENWORT. 



AsPLENiUM ViRiDE of Authors. 



Asplenium Trichomanes, j3 ramosum. — Linneus, 



LOCALITIES. 



England . . Northumberland, Whitmitly; Yorkshire, Ais-la-beck, near Richmond, between 

 Widdy Bank and Caldron Snout, Teesdale, Gordale in Craven, Ingleborough, 

 Ogden Kirk near Halifax ; Cumberland, plentiful on some rocks on the river 

 Irthing, above Gilsland; Durham. 



Wales .... Caernarvonshire, on Snowdon and all the Snowdon range, but in the fissure called 

 Twll Du, and at the base of the fissure where it opens into Cwm Idwel, in the 

 greatest profusion ; Merionethshire, on Cader Idris ; Brecknockshire, on Brecon 

 Beacon ; Glamorganshire, at the Lady's Waterfall, by Neath, and on rocks within 

 a few miles of the same locality. 



Scotland . . On most of the loftier mountains, particularly those of the Western Highlands. 



Ireland . . County Sligo, on Ben Bulben. 



LiNNEUS considered this fern a variety of the following, and 

 assigned to it the name ramosum, in reference to a double 

 frond similar to one represented in the figure above, a character 

 w^hich he justly considered as indicating only a variety; still 

 this plant possesses characters peculiar to itself, and I quite agree 

 vfi\h. those authors vrho give the two plants as specifically dis- 

 tinct. It grows on rocks in lofty mountain regions, and is 



