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North Dean, &c, frequent. — Herb. Leyland. 

 1840. Luddenden Dean. — Herb. S. King. 



1862. Hebden Bridge; Halifax; common about Ludden- 

 den (C. Eastwood) ; damp woods around Todmorden, 

 moderately common (T. Stansfield). — MialVs Flora. 



1867. Shibden and North Dean, common. — J. Walker. 



1888. Hebden Bridge.— F. A . Lees. 



Now rare and decreasing, in damp woods and wet rocky 

 places in the doughs : North Dean Wood, Barkisland, 

 Ogden, Crimsworth Dean, and Greave Clough, near 

 Widdop. Gone from Skircoat, Birks Wood and Shibden. 



Phegopteris polypodioides, Fee. — 76. (Polypodium Phegop- 



teris, L.) Beech Fern. 



Native. Scottish type. P. June- August. 



1775. In Northdean in Greetland; in Allen's Wood in 

 Norland ; in Dixon-scar in Sowerby ; and in Bankhouse 

 Wood and Woodhouse Wood, both in Skircoat. — J.B. 



1785. In a little wood in Soyland, just by the brook below 

 Kebroyd Mill, plentifully ; and in a little shadowy range 

 of wood ground near the brook above Oldhouse Mill, 

 Norland. — /. Bolton ; Fil. Brit. 



Burnt-brow Clough in Shibden, and other rocky woods. — 

 Herb. Leyland. 



1840. Deep Clough, Luddenden Dean. — Herb. S. King. 



1840. Shibden Dale, Ogden Clough, &c, Halifax; rocky 



woods in the vale of Todmorden, frequent. — Baines Fl. 

 1862. Booth Wood, near Luddenden (C. Eastwood); Fixby 



(Hudd. Nat. Hist.); hills near Hebden Bridge (L. Miall); 



Hareley Wood and other places near Todmorden (T. 



Stansfield).— MialVs Flora. 

 1867. Upper Shibden, common.—/. Walker. 

 Now rare and decreasing, in damp woods and wet stony 



places in the doughs : Ogden Clough, Upper Shibden, 



Rishworth, Crimsworth Dean, and Greave Clough, near 



Widdop. A sack of roots, dug up from one locality, was 



sold only a few years ago. 

 Osmunda regalis, L.--89. Royal Fern. " Flowering Fern." 



Native. British type. P. July-August. 

 1775. In plenty in a boggy place near Mixenden Mill ; also 



in two or three places in Hethershelf Scout in Sowerby ; 



a few roots in Mossleden pasture ; and a clump in a field 



in Bentley's royd in Sowerby. — /. Bolton, 



