Mr Traill on tlie Akjce of the Firth of Forth. 177 



Vhcetopteris plumosa* 



Edocarpus siliculosus, 



fomentosus, 



littorcdis, . 



granulosus, . 



sphcerophorus, 



Kirkcaldy (Greville) ; abun- 

 dant at Longniddry, on rocks, 

 near low water {G. W. T). 



Firth of Forth {Richardson 

 and Greville) ; Joppa (Bev. D. 

 Landsborough, jun., about 

 1848), where it is still found 

 fine in muddy pools, at low 

 tides ; Caroline Park Kocks, 

 in muddy pools, at low water 

 {G. W. T); Longniddry {G. 

 W. T) ; fine and abundant in 

 a clear pool in a creek, in the 

 shade, at M'Duif's Cave, near 

 Earlsferry {G. W. T.); cast 

 ashore, Elie {M'Bain). 



Near Caroline Park {Greville) ; 

 Joppa, Longniddry, Lady's 

 Tower, Elie, etc., in pools. 



Not uncommon on algae, chiefly 

 on Ficcus vesicitlosus. 



Common on fuci between tide 

 marks. 



Kincraig, Earlsferry, July 1879, 

 stunted {G. W. T.) ; Caroline 

 Park Eocks, August 1879, 

 stunted {G. W. T,) ; Joppa, 

 September 1879, good {G. W. 

 T.) ; Drummore Eocks, Sep- 

 tember 1879, good {G. W. T.) 

 — in each case in fruit, and 

 growing on the rock, in pools, 

 near low water; first time 

 recorded. 



Earely on Polysip)honio. nigres- 



• Since the above was written, the fruit of this species, new to Britain, 

 has been discovered by G. W. Traill on Firth of Forth plants. Plurilocular 

 sporangia on long pedicels in December, and unilocular sporangia in abun- 

 dance in January and February 1880. 



