476 



Cornicularia aculeata, tristis and lanata. On Ben Lawevs and Stuicb-an-Lucliuu, lIic 

 two latter species with apothecia. 



Sphmrophoron coralloides. In Glen Locliy and many other places, and bearing fructi- 

 fication on the rocks near the summit of Ben Lawers. 



j3. cwspitosum. On Ben Lawers. 



Stereocaulon paschale, and what is usually called botryosum. On Ben Lawers &c., 

 plentifully, but both so variable in form, and these forms so running into each 

 other, that one is doubtful whether they may not after all constitute but one species. 



Cladonia uncialis and /3. turgida. Not uncommon on most of the mountains. 



Sc7/phophorus cocciferus, gracilis, and several others, on Ben Lawers. 



Pycnothelia Papillaria. On the same mountain, but rare. 



William Gardiner, jun. 

 Dundee, December, 1842. 



Art. CXVII. — County Lists of the British Ferns and their Allies. 



Compiled by Edward Newman. 



(Continued from p. 455) 



LANCASHIRE. 



Lomaria Spicant. Common ; S. Qlbson, W. Wilson, G. Pinder, J. Sidebotham, 

 J. B. Wood : near Liverpool, S. Thompson : abundant on moors near Lancaster, S. 

 Simpson: common near Coniston, in wet gravelly situations, M. Beever : I am in- 

 debted to Miss Beever for magnificent specimens of this plant; they are of extraor- 

 dinary size, and combine the characters of the fertile and barren fronds, E. Newman. 



Pteris Aquilina. Common, S. Gibson, G. Pinder, J, Sidebotham, J. B. Wood : 

 found in a very diminutive state, not exceeding three inches in length, upon the gar- 

 den-wall at Knowsley, in 1840, W. Wilson: Penketh, ^S". Thompson: very common 

 near Lancaster, S. Simpson : common near Coniston, M. Beever. 



AUosorus crispus. Cliviger, in endless variety. Mr. Francis says that the sori 

 are placed in lines along the transverse veins : I find them in dots at the termination 

 of the veins, with the edge of the pinnule more or less turned over, forming a cover, 

 sometimes however they are quite bare, and when in that state the plant might be con- 

 sidered a true Polypodiuxn. Mr. Newman has observed that the character which dis- 

 tinguishes this plant from a true Polypodium, is that the fronds are both barren and 

 fertile ; but I find, that in common with all other Polypodia, it possesses not only bar- 

 ren and fertile fronds, but barren and fertile pinnse on the same frond, and even bar- 

 ren and fertile pinnulee on the same pinna, S. Gibson : near Lancaster, on the way 

 to the Asylum, W. Wilson : Coniston, Old Man mountain, G. Pinder : among the 

 rocks at Cliviger- dean, five miles from Todmorden, on the road to Burnley, (R. Ley- 

 land), H. C. Watson : Todmorden (J. W. G. Gutch), H. C. Watson : Fo-edge, near 

 Bury, abundant, /. Sidebotham : abundant on moors near Lancaster, S. Simpson : 

 common near Coniston, M. Beever : this beautiful species grows in immense profu- 

 sion at Fo-edge, six miles N. W. of Bury; it also occurs on the hills near Rochdale, 

 but I do not know the exact locality, J. B. Wood. 



Polypodium vidgare. On old walls in many places, S. Gibson, W. Wilson, S. 

 Thompson : common near Coniston, M. Beever : very common near Lancaster, S. 

 Simpson : common on rough ditch- banks, and at the roots of trees in woods ; the va- 



