260 FILICBS. 



" Three plants, growing in the air-shaft of a stone 

 quarry some thirty feet below the ground, at Combe 

 Down, near Bath," 1853. E. J. Lowe; Phytol. iv. 

 1100. 



" In the year 1851 I found a plant or two of it on 

 moist rocks in the neighbourhood of Cheddar, in an 

 out-of-the-way situation, and left the roots unin- 

 jured." IF. H. Hawker ; Phytol. v. 82.) 



(Hymenophyllum tunhridgense, Sm. In a shady lane 

 near Shepton Mallet; Sole, MS. 1782. Not con- 

 firmed.) 



OSMUNDA, Litm. 



977. 0. regalis, L. Boyal or Flowering Fern. 



Native ; in peat bogs and swamps, very i-are. 



S. An old publication (West of Engl. Journ. of 

 Science and Literature) states that it formerly grew 

 in Leigh Woods. Formerly in a wet copse on 

 Walton Moor; now extinct. On the Burtle turf 

 moor, north of the railway, July, 1881. At one 

 time it extended north as far as Wcdmore ; but is 

 now chiefly confined to the southern turf moors 

 . outside the district. VII. VIII. 



BOTRYCHIUM, Sw. 



978: B. lunaria, Sw. Moon Wort. 



Native ; on downs and hilly pastures, i-ai'e. 



G. Kingsweston Hill; Miss Powell, Svjete, Fl. 98. 

 Penpolc Point ; Mr. W. W. Stoddart. 



S. Clevedon; Mr. E. Green. By Walton Castle, 

 Clevedon; Mr. T. B. Flower. Callow Hill, near 

 Sidcot; Herb. Stephens. On the hills about Wins- 



