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Worsley (T G Rjlaiids), .S'. Thompson .- near Lancaster, .S'. Simpsoyi ,• in a field near 

 Conistoii old hall, M. Dcever ; near Crosby, H. C. Watson ,■ common near Manches- 

 ter, /. B. Wood. 



Lycopodium clavatum. Near Coniston, il/. l/eeyer ,• Todmorden valley ; hills very 

 generally, G. Pinder ; Greenfield, Fo-edge, J. Sidebotham ; rare near Manchester ; 

 more common on the elevated moors, /. B. Wood. 



Lycopodium alpinum. Near Coniston, M. Beever ; near the Holme, about five 

 miles from Burnley, (Mr. Woodward) ; moors above the scouts near Burnley, (Rev. 

 W. Wood) ; Coniston fells, (Mr. Davey) ; Turner and Dillwyn, 372 : Greenfield, J. 

 Sidebotham ; Fo-edge near Bury, /. B. Wood ; Cliviger, at a very low elevation, bar- 

 ren, W. Wilson. 



Lycopodium selaginoides. Near Coniston, M. Beever ; on the common between 

 Bootle and Crosby, H. C, Watson ; shore at Southport, W. Wilson. 



Lycopodium Selago. Near Coniston, M. Beever ; White-moor near Colne, G. 

 Pinder ; Fo-edge near Bury, /. Sidebotham ; Fo-edge and Mottram, J. B. Wood ; 

 Cliviger, W. Wilson. 



Isoetes lacustris. Near Coniston, M. Beever. 



Equisetum hyemale. Very rare ; I believe it is to be found in small quantities in 

 Mere-clough near Manchester ; I have not seen it, but can rely on the authority of 

 the individual who did gather it, /. B. Wood. 



Equisetum variegatum. Bootle and Southport, W. Wilson, S. Gibson. 



Equisetum arvense. Near Coniston, introduced ? M. Beever ; common near Man- - 

 Chester, /. Sidebotham ; Prestwick, H. C. Watson ; far too common, /. B. Wood. 



Equisetum sylvaticum. The copper-mine near Coniston, M. Beever ; common 

 near Manchester, J. Sidebotham; Scorton (S. Simpson to Bot. Soc. Lond.), H. C. 

 Watson ; most abundant in woods, thickets and open pastures, J. B. Wood. 



Equisetum palustre. Near Coniston, M. Beeves' ; common near Manchester, J. 

 Sidebotham, J. B. Wood ; sands near Little Crosby, near Manchester, H. C Watson. 



Equisetum limosum. Near Manchester, /. Sidebotham, H. C. Watson ; many of 

 the " pits '' near Manchester are completely choked up with it, J. B. Wood. 



Equisetum fluviatile. Common near Manchester, /. Sidebotham; very abundant 

 in swampy woods, /. B. Wood. 



CHESHIRE. 



Lomaria spicant. W. Wilson, H. C. Watson. 



Pteris Aquilina. W. Wilson, H. C. Watson ; Bidston-hill &c., abundant, S. 

 Thompson. 



Polypodium vulgare. A serrated variety near Frodsham, W. Wilson, H. C. Wat- 

 son ; between Woodside and Bidston, abundant, S. Thompson. 



Polypodium Phegopteris. Werneth, J. Sidebotham ; Mow-cop, G. Pinder. 



Polypodium Dryopteris. Two miles south of Warrington, attaining a very large 

 size, W. Wilson. 



Cystopteris fragilis. Extremely rare, I know of but one locality, Rostherne Church, 

 J. B. Wood, J. Sidebotham. 



Ci/stopteris dentata. Rostherne Church, W. Wilson. 



Polystichum aculeatum. Very local, Marple woods, /. B. Wood. 



Poh/stichmn angvlarc. Two miles south of Warrington, in a dingle, growing in 



