394 FILICES. 



866. P. Dryopteris, L. Oah Polypody. 



Native ; on, or in the vicinity of, open moorland. Very rare. 

 June, July, or later. 

 D. V. Cornwood Moors ; Mr. J. B. Yonge : this gentleman kindly 

 communicated, in 1879, the fact of his having found the plant 

 eighteen years previous. 

 A^I. Lane leaduig from Harford to Ivybridge ; Miss J. Gray, 1858, 

 Bavensh. Fl. 81. 

 In June, 1879, I found this growing on Dartmoor, though some miles 

 beyond the area of the Flora. 



OSMTJNDA, L. 



867. 0. regalis, L. Royal or Flowering Fern. 



Native ; in damp places about rivers or streams ; in swamps and 

 bogs, especially in a peaty soil. Rather common. July. 

 c. I. Sparingly in the Seaton Valley between Hessenford and the 

 coast. Notter Valley. Neighbourhood of Pillaton. Border of 

 Viverdon Down. 

 II. Penlee Point, 1864 ; Keys, Fl. iii. 301. Below Hingston Down. 

 Gunnislake. 

 D. III. Manadon Wood ; id. et ih. Whitleigh Wood. Between Blaxton 

 and Inchers, sparingly in Warleigh Wood, &c., Tamerton 

 Foliot. Near Tamar House, 1868, damp spot below a wood 

 on the right bank of the Tavy, Beer Ferrers. 

 IV. Bickleigh Vale ; Leigham ; Shaugh ; Keys, ih. Derriford. lu 

 boggy places about small tributaries of the Plym between 

 Plymbridge and Shaugh Bridge. Lee jMoor. Crownhill Down. 

 V. Cornwood ! ; Keys, ih. By Broadall Brook. 

 VI. Near Ivybridge, on the banks of the Erme ! ; Bot. Tour, 14. 

 Considerably reduced in quantity through the plants bemg dug up and 

 brought for sale to Plymouth and other large towns. All who value and 

 wish to preserve the natui'al floral and vegetable beauties of the neigh- 

 bourhood should do theh' utmost to prevent and discourage the selling in 

 the streets of recently-uprooted plants of the Osmimda and of our other 

 ferns and wild plants. 

 First record : Jones, 1820. 



OPHIOGLOSSUM, L. 



868. 0. vulg-atum, L. Common Adder^s-tongue. 



Native ; in pastures and meadows, especially in a damp or peaty 

 soil. Rather rare. May, June. 

 c. I. Pasture at Landi-ake ; found very sparingly. May, 1880. 



II. Mount Edgcumbe Park, very sparingly, 1877 ; Mr. W. B. Water- 



