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Osmunda cinnamomea, Linn. 



Abundant also in Pembroke marsh. Native of the United States and 

 the West Indies. 



Blechnum occidentale, Linn. 

 Was pkiuted out in snitable places in 1877. 



Besides the ferns which have been enumerated above, the writer in- 

 troduced and cultivated the following species, nearly all of which are 

 readily grown with a little i)rotection. The temperature of the air in the 

 fernery by self-registering thermometers ranged from 48° to 87° in the 

 year: Anemia adiantifoUa, Sw.; Gheilanthes microphylla,BwskTtz; Cystop- 

 tcri.s buWifcraj Bernh. ; G.fragilis, Bernli. ; DavalUa a-culeata, Swartz; I). 

 Canaricnsis, ^mith', Diclsonia punctilobula, Hook..; Gymnogramme calo- 

 tnclanos, Kaulf.; G. snlfurea, Desv.; G. tartarea, Desv.; G. tovicntosa, 

 Desv.; Hemionitis palmata, Linn.; Lomaria gibba,Ijiibi\l.; Onoclca sensi- 

 bilis, Linn, (which, however, did not flourish); Pellcca Breiceri, Eaton; 

 P. hastata, Link; P. rotund if olia, Hook.; Polypodium aiirciim, Linn.; 

 P. vulf/are, Linn, (brought from Ireland); P. dirergens. Hook.; P. Bryop- 

 teris, Linn, (which did not flourish); P. marginellum, Sw.; Scolopendrium 

 vulgare, Sm. (brought from Ireland); Trichonianes crispum^ Linn, (which 

 could not long be kept alive). This enumeration may have some inter- 

 est for future horticulturists in Bermuda. 



II. — Equisetace^. 



J^quisctum palustre, Linn.? Jointed marsh-weed. 



Pembroke marsh. Common iu West Indies and United States. 



III. — Lycopodiace^. 



Psilotnm triqnetrttm, Sw. 

 Rare, but found about some of the caves in the Walsingham tract. 



Selaginella Martensii, Spreng. 



Found in gardens. 



The following were also introduced from Kew : S. GriffithsU, Spreng. ; 

 S. furcata, Har. ; ;S^. hcematodes, 8. incequifoliutn, S. Martensii, var. and 

 stoloniferaj Swartz; 8. viticulosa, 8. Wallichii ; all of which grew well in 

 a fernery. 



IV. — Oharace^. 



Chara fcetida, A. Br. 

 This plant is abundant in wet ditches at Mount Langton. 



