ADDER'S-TONGUE. 

 Ophioglossum vulgatum of Authors. 



LOCALITIES. 



England.. . . Cumberland, near the village of Staunton; Westmoreland, on Lowther Terrace; 

 Yorkshire, near Richmond ; Lancashire, near "Warrington ; Cheshire, near 

 Alderley ; Shropshire, near Westfelton ; Nottinghamshire, near Morton ; War- 

 wickshire, near Birmingham ; Worcestershire, near Malvern ; Herefordshire, 

 near Leominster ; Gloucestershire, near Painswick ; Somersetshire, plentiful 

 near Hanbury, Stichwood, Bristol, Bath, &c. ; Wiltshire; Hampshire; Surrey, 

 near Dorking, Reigate, and Nutfield ; Sussex ; Kent, near Higham, below 

 Gravesend ; Middlesex ; Hertfordshire ; Cambridgeshire, near Maddingley, and 

 in Gamlingay wood. 



Wales Denbighshire. 



Scotland . . . Mull of Galloway. 



Ireland. . . . County Londonderry; County Antrim, Black Mountain, near Belfast. 



This plant, like the last, is generally distributed over England, 

 and occurs more sparingly in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland ; it 

 is, however, far more abundant than the Moonwort, sometimes 

 covering acres of meadow-land, and is considered a serious injury 

 to the crop of grass. 



