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4. Ii. splnulosa [Roth.) Fresl. 

 Damp shady rocks and woods — very rare. 



Derry— Frequent in rocky places by the Roe below Diingiven ; D.M. 



Dr. Moore sent specimens from Derry to England, and had his o^vn 

 determination confirmed by Mr. Thomas Moore, of Chelsea. In Smith's 

 English Flora there is a Vague record " In the north of Ireland, Dr. 

 Scott." 



5. Ii. dllatata (JTilkL) Fresl. Broad Fern. 



"Woods, glens, and damp shady rocks— common from sea level to over 

 2000 feet. 



6. 1m. cemula Brack, (L. recurva Brec). Bree's Fern. 

 Damp Tvoods and banks, frequent, but not plentiful. 



Down — Dundrum sandhills, and lower slopes of Slieve Donard ; Flor. 

 Ulst. TolljTnore Park ; T.H.C. Eademon demesne, and 

 near Tyrella ; C.Dickson. A single clump in Newtownards 

 Glen, also sparingly at Dujibeg northwest of BaUpiahinch ; 

 found also in glens near Dundonald, and in the Holj'wood 

 HiUs; R.Ll.P. 



Antrim — Cushendall ; Moore'' s Brit. Ferns. Murlough, and Runabay 

 Head; R.Ll.P. 



Derry— Coleraine, and Garvagh ; Moore's Brit. Ferns. 



POZ.VSTZCHUM Roth. 



1. P. aculeatum {Linn.) Roth. 



Damp rocks and stony places— frequent, and often abundant. 

 Do^^ii — Bostrevor; W. Thompson. Tollymore Park, Crawfordsbum, 



and Holywood ; Flor. Ulst. Above Holywood and Bangor ; 



R.Ll.P. 

 Antrim— CoHn Glen, Kilwaughter, Glenarm, and GlenariUe ; Templetoti, 



1797 & 1804. Near Carrickfergus; Flor. Sib. Ston^y-ford, 



and Larne ; W. H. PhiUips. Glens in Belfast Hills, Woods 



at Muckamoi-e, and frequent around the Antrim coast ; S.A.S. 



Glynn, Glendun, Carnloagh, and Mmiough ; B.Ll.P. 

 Derry — By the Faughan below Gort bridge ; Templcion. By the Roe 



above Limavady, and at the Ness waterfall; D.M. Ligna- 



peiste Glen ; S.A.S. 

 The variety lohatum occurs, but it is not easy to di-aw the line between 

 the two forms, and we have not attempted to separate them here. 



2. P. ang-ulare {Willd.) Nexcman. 

 "Woods and shady banks — very common. 



