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little ereeping plant, Sibthorpia Europoea (Cornish money- 
wort). It generally grows associated with the tiny little ivy- 
leaved harebell, Wahlenbergia hederacea and Anagallis 
tenella. In these combes all the ferns common to such situ- 
ations may be found ; Athyrium filix-feemina in one or two 
varieties ; Blechnum boreale, Lastrea oreopteris, dilatata 
foeniseeii, and Filix-mas ; the incised variety I have gath- 
ered on Conygar Hill, in Periton Combe, and elsewhere. 
The other ferns growing in the district, but seleeting other 
habitats, are Asplenium trichomanes, Ruta-muraria, Adi- 
antum-nigrum. Asplenium marinum, I believe, grows 
under Bossington Point ; and Asplenium septentrionale* 
has been found in the parish of Porlock, and “on the 
borders of Devon and Somerset.” Üeterach officinarum 
may be seen on old walls at Stanton, Minehead, and 
Allerford. The incised variety called Cambricum of Poly- 
podium vulgare, I have observed in Bossington Woods, 
and the several multifid varieties of the common Scolo- 
pendrium vulgare are frequent in the hedges about Mine- 
head. Aspidium angulare in its various forms adorns the 
hedge-banks; and Pteris aquilina (the common bracken) 
grows as far up the hills as cultivation is practicable, 
* I am indebted to the Rev. G. B. Warren, of Exeter, for a specimen 
of Asplenium septentrionale, obtained from a station near Culbone, and 
which, I believe, is the locality alluded to by Newman in his History of 
British Ferns, as being “near Glenthorn, about six miles from the boun- 
dary of Devon.” All the stations hitherto observed for the fern have 
been on the Somerset side of the boundary. In North Devon, Mr. Warren 
informs me, he has often searched for it, but has never yet seen or heard 
of it across the borders, thoush very probably it may be found on Countes- 
bury or Brendon. Botrychium Lunaria, Mr. Warren further informs me, 
he has seen growing near Meyn Farm, and Ophioglossum vulgatum is said 
to be found in meadows near Selworthy. Aspidium aculeatum does not, 1 
believe, appear in this district, aceording to a writer in the Phytologist for 
May, 1354, A. angulare and A. aculeatum rarely grow together in the same 
district; and A. angulare is rare in the North of England, showing its 
tendency to be tender. 
