184 FILIOES. 



above Holywood ; E.Ll.P. 



Antrim — Glen of the north branch of the Glenarve River ; Templeton^ 

 1809. Slievenanee, and Glendun ; liev. S. A. Brcnan. 

 Trostan Mountain, and also by Camlough, Inver, and Lin- 

 ford rivers ; E.Ll.P. 



Derry— Ness Glen ; Templeton, Eerh. Belf. Mus. Dungiven ; B.N.F.C., 

 1872. By the Owenrigh Eiver at Lignapeiste near Banagher ; 

 S.A.S. 

 The first Irish specimens were found by Eobt. Brown, on Carlingford 



Mountain— 1801. 



3. P. dryopteris Linn. Oak Fern. 



Eocky places — very rare 

 Antrim — Noith side of Knocklayd Mountain near Bally castle ; Cyh. Hyh. 



It is about half a century since Dr. Moore observed a single plant on 

 Knocklayd, and as no one has found it there since that time it is most 

 probably extinct now in Antrim. The reported stations at Knockagh, 

 and Tollymore Park are doubtless erroneous. 



IiASTREii Presl. 



1. Xi. thelypterls {Linn.) Presl. Marsh Fern. 

 Wet places — very rare, and not found recently. 



Antrim — Plentiful about Portmore Park and wood ; Templeton^ 1794. 

 Banks of the Sixmilewater near Ballyclare ; Flor. Ulst. 

 First found in Ireland by 3Ir. Templeton . 



2. Xi. oreopterls {Ehr.) Presl. Mountain Fern. 

 Ditch banks, and mountain pastures — not common. 



Down — About the birch wood, and farthest plantation in Tollymore 

 Park; Templeton, 1805. Above Newcastle ; IV. I£. Phillips. 

 Moneyscalp west of Bryansford, and above Holywood Water- 

 works, sparingly ; E.Ll.P. 



Antrim — Above Carrickfergus ; Plor. Ulst. Abundant in Glendun ; 

 B.N.F.C, 1867. Glenann, Culraney, Cushendall, Glenaan, 

 and Glenariffe ; E.Ll.P. Glenshesk ; {Br. 0'' Connor) Proc. 

 B.jV.F.C, 1885-6, appendix. 



Derry — Abimdant in Lignapeiste, and Bennedy Glens near Dungiven ; 

 D.M. Moyola Park near Castledawson ; B.N.F.C., 1870. 

 Cushcapel, south of Dungiven, and plentiful at base of SHeve- 

 gallion above Desertniartrn ; S.A.S. 



3. Ii. filix-mas {Linn.) Presl. Male Fern. 

 Woods, and damp shady places — common. 



