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Occurrence of Adiantum Capillus- Veneris in Derbyshire, Asplenium 

 yermanicum in Borroivdale, and Lycopodium annotinum on 

 Bow-Fell. By H. Ecroyd Smith, Esq. 



Some of the readers of the ' Phytologist ' may be interested in 

 hearing of the following localities for one or two of our rarer ferns. 



On recently revising my hortus siccus, I was reminded of a habitat 

 of that rare and lovely little species Adiantum Capillus-Veneris, — at 

 once novel, singular, and interesting (at least, as regards Britain), 

 viz., the Peak of Derbyshire. I believe it had not been previously 

 noticed except in sea-caves on the coast of two English counties, 

 Devon and Cornwall ; but here we meet it under a peculiar aspect, 

 flourishing in the very heart of the island, and in a wild and bleak 

 situation. I found the plant in 1844, and though only seedlings were 

 obtained, others matured, may be ready to repay a more diligent search 

 than I was able to undertake at the time. 



The Asplenium germanicum has been noticed in my present neigh- 

 bourhood ; and, as far as 1 am aware, this is the first recorded English 

 locality. It was found in the summer of 1846; by Wm. Greaves and 

 Jos. Flintoft, the latter of whom executed the celebrated model of the 

 Lake District; it was growing in the cleft of a rock in the wilds of 

 Borrowdale. 



On a recent visit to Bow-Fell I met with Lycopodium annotinum 

 in several places on its sides, where the rocks are heaped in the 

 greatest confusion, and twining among shady boulders carpeted with 

 Hymenophyllum Wilsoni. 



H. Ecroyd Smith. 



Bay Cottage, Ambleside, 

 December 23rd, 1847. 



On the Organogeny of irregular Corollas. By F. Barneoud. Ex- 

 tracted from the ' Comptes Rendus' for August 16, 1847, as 

 translated in the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History ' for 

 December, 1847. 



In the memoir which I have the honour of submitting to the Aca- 

 demy, I have described the results of further researches on the orga- 

 nogeny of irregular corollas. I shall briefly indicate the principle 

 in this abstract. In the monocotyledons the study of the develop- 



