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AT. lieevcr ; ,i plant ol' rare (jccurreiico, met with however at Cotteril-clnugh, Bam- 

 ford-wood, and one or two other places, J. 13. Wood. 



Lastra;a Oreopteris. Walsden, and near Todmorden, S. Gibson : near Warring- 

 ton, Woolston, (Stc., W. Wilson: abundant, G. Pinder : generally distributed near 

 Manchester, /. Sidehotham : Penkelh, and many places about Liverpool, by the men 

 employed in the Botanic Garden, S. Thompson: near Lancaster, .S'. Simpson: very 

 abundant near mountains and streams in the neighbourhood of Coniston, M. Bcever. 



Laslraa Filix-mas. Common, .S'. Gibson, W. Wilson, J. Sidebotham, J. JJ. Wood; 

 the variety figured in Newman's ' British Ferns,' p. 52, occurs at Rotten-clough near 

 Todmorden, .S'. Gibson : near Liverpool, S. Thompson : near Lancaster, very com- 

 mon, S. Simpson : common near Coniston, also the serrated variety, M. JJeever. 



IjiiritTiE'd, rigida. Top lock of Lancaster and Kendal canal (Rev. Thos. Smythes), 

 W. Wilson: sparingly on the confines of the county, adjoining Westmoreland, S. 

 Simpson. 



Lastra?a dilatata. Common in many parts of the county, .S'. Gibson : frequent, W. 

 Wilson : very common, .7. Sidebotham : near Liverpool, »S'. Thompson : near Lancas- 

 ter, ,S'. Simpson : near Coniston, M. JJeever : extremely abundant, J. B. Wood. 



Lasl.r(P,ii spinulosa. Abundant on the borders of llisley-moss, near Warrington, 

 growing in company with li. dilatata, from which it is so strikingly different in habit 

 as to compel the opinion that it must be distinct, W. Wilson : Langdale in the lake 

 district, G. Pinder : Lever's Hulrae, the only locality I know of near Manchester, 

 .f. Sidebotham : near Lancaster, S. Simpson : this beautiful and interesting fern, 

 which I must certainly still consider as specifically distinct from L. dilatata, is found 

 in only one locality in this neighbourhood (Broughton, Manchester), in an old alder- 

 swamp at Lever's Ilulme; it is intermixed with its more common ally, and when thus 

 seen growing together the difference in their habit is remarkably striking : it approach- 

 es most to L. cristata, J. B. Wood. 



Lastrcea dumetorum. Cliviger, four miles from Burnley, <S'. Gibson. 



Athyrium Filix-femina. Common in many places, .S'. Gibson : frequent ; a varie- 

 ty grows on Risley-moss, with more rigid habit, W. Wilson : common, G. Pinder : 

 very common near Manchester, /. Sidebotham : near Coniston, M. Beever. 



Athyrium irrif/uum. Shcden-clough, .V. Gibson : near Coniston, M. Beevir. 



Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum. Broad-bank and Sheden-clough, <S'. Gibson: Win- 

 wick, near Warrington, W. Wilson : I am acquainted with but one locality, the canal 

 wall near Marple, ./. Sidebotham : veiy common near Lancaster, <S'. Simpson : very 

 local near Coniston, and in small quantities, M. Beever. 



Asplenium Ruta-muraria. Broad-bank, S. Gibson, W. Wilson ; Colne and Cli- 

 theroe, G. Pinder : Hough-end Hall, common near Mottram, J. Sidebotham : West 

 Derby, »S'. Thompson : very common near Lancaster, .S'. Simpson : on the Shepherd's 

 Bridge in Yew-dale, the only locality I am acquainted with, M. Beever : very local, 

 occurring on stone walls in two or three places, ./. B. Wood. 



Asplenium marinum. In 1828 I found this species sparingly on a stone by the 

 side of the river, about two miles from Liverpool on the way to Runcorn, <S'. Gibson : 

 a variety still grows in Winwick Stone Delf, where it never attains any considerable 

 size ; when fully devclo])e(l by cultivation in a greenhouse, the pinnules are much 

 shorter and rounder than those of maritime plants under the same treatment. I have 

 not seen this species at Knot's Hole near Liverpool, but it is plentiful there according 

 to Mr. T. B. Hall, see ' Flora of Liverpool ; ' W. Wilson : it is still in existence in 



