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List of Ferns and Allied Plants found in the Vicinity of Coventry, 

 and other Localities in the County of Warwick. By Thos. 

 Kirk, Esq, 



Ceierach officinarum. On a wall in the Lancastrian Yard, Co- 

 ventry, but sparingly. Probably this little fern has a more plentiful 

 habitat at no great distance from this, as the river Sherborne flows 

 by the bottom of the yard. It is rather curious that Lastraea Filix- 

 mas is found on the same wall. 



Polypodium vulgare. Common on shady banks, &c. 



&. serratum. On a bank near Meriden church, 



Polystichum lohatum and aculeatiim. Abundant in the vicinity 

 of Stoneleigh, — about Allesley, — Hollyberry-end, — Wyken Lane, 

 and other places. 



$. lonchitioides. Near Stoneleigh — Meriden. I 



have cultivated some plants of this variety procured from the vicinity 

 of Meriden, for upwards of two years, the fronds of which retain 

 their original character, and are now sparingly sprinkled with fructi- 

 fication. Their texture is much more rigid than the typical form. 



Polystichum angulare, Willd. Near Stonleigh Mill, — near Berks- 

 well, — Hollyberry-end,— Stivichall Grove, — Whitmore Park, — spar- 

 ingly on Hearsall Common, and other places. 



Lastrcsa Oreopteris. Sparingly near Allesley, — in the Deer Park 

 and North Wood, Arbury Hall. 



Fili.v-mas. Common, 



multiflora, Newm. Sparingly on Stoke Heath, — Foles- 



hill, — Stivichall and Whitley Commons. Plentiful and very fine in 

 the North and other Woods, Arbury Hall. 



spinosa, Newm. In a boggy place near Binley. In the 



North Wood, Arbury Hall. 



A red- stemmed variety, which is stouter and more leafy than the 

 ordinary form, occurs in a moist part of the last-named locality. 



Athyrium Filix-foemina. Sparingly on Stivichall and Hearsall 

 Commons, — near Stoneleigh Mill, — boggy place near Binley, — in the 

 Deer Park, Arbury Hall. 



var. irriguum. Boggy place near Binley, — in the 



Deer Park, Arbury Hall, — Stoke Heath. 



A Middlesex plant of this variety that I have had under cultiva- 

 tion for two years has passed into an elegant state of the var. con- 

 vexum, Newm. Plants from the Stoke Heath locality, cultivated for 



