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Loniaria Spicant. Pretty generally distributed, W. Southall, jun. ; abundant in 

 many places, D. Cameron, G. Luxford; common in situations suitable to its growth, 

 W. T. Bree ; heathy places on Honiley common (W. W. Baynes); Haseley common, 

 W. G. Perry ; Coleshill heath, near the bog ; very luxuriant in a lane leading down 

 to Baunerley pool, J. J. Murcott, 



Pteris Aquilina. Very common, W. Southall jun., D. Cameron, W. T. Bree, W. 

 G. Perry, J. J, Murcott. 



Polypodium vulgare. W. Southall, jun. ; abundant both on the ground and on 

 trunks of trees, D. Cameron, G. Luxford ; very common, W. T. Bree, W. G. Perry. 

 Var. serratum : a very marked variety, much more nearly approaching to P. cambri- 

 cum than the Irish variety, was found in a lane near Moseley, where it was pretty abun- 

 dant, and though I have well hunted for another habitat I have not found one, W. 

 Southall, jun. Var. /S. roadside just beyond the cross at Hampton-on-the-hill, near 

 Norton Lindsey, W. G. Perry. 



Cystopteris fragilis. Compton Verney, near Stratford-on-Avon (G. Cook), D. 

 Cameron. 



Polystichum aculeatum. W. Southall, jun., W. T. Bree. 



Polystichum angulare. W. Southall, jun.; Elmdon and near Castle-bromwich, D. 

 Cameron ; rare near Warwick, W. G. Perry ; Radford ; ditch at the top of Emscote 

 hill, opposite the turn to Milverton, J S. Baly. 



Polystichum lobatum. W. Southall, jun. ; Elmdon and near Castle-bromwich, 

 D. Cameron ; common, W. T. Bree ; a bank at Saltley ; at Yardley ; and var. ramo- 

 sum, W. G.Perry; thicket between Huningham and OfFchurch; plentiful on the 

 road from Warwick to Henley, /. /. Murcott ; Allesley, /. S. Baly ; near Maxtoke, 

 G. Luxford. 



Lastrjca Oreopteris. Coleshill heath, plentiful; Corley, W. T.Bree; Haseley 

 common, W. G. Perry. 



f Lastraea Thelypteris. Plentiful in a boggy pit in this parish [Allesley] some 

 years ago, but the pit is drained, and the fern entirely eradicated. I never 

 met with it elsewhere in the county. See ' Mag. Nat. Hist." iii. 166, and v. 

 199, for further particulars, W. T. Bree. 



Lastreea Filix-mas. W. Southall, jun.; abundant, D. Cameron, W. T. Bree, W. 

 G. Perry, J. J. Murcott, G. Luxford. 



Lastrsea dilatata. W. Southall, jun. ; abundant in marshy places, D. Cameron; 

 not uncommon, W. T. Bree, G. Luxford ; Coughton lane and Spernall, (Purton) ; 

 Oakley wood ; on rocks below Milverton by the side of the Avon, (W. W. Baynes) ; on 

 a steep bank by the side of the horse-pond at Mr. Cook's farm-house, Woodloes, near 

 Warwick, W. G. Perry ; Foleshill, J. S. Baly. 



Lastrcea sjnnulosa. Sparingly in marshy ground near Smethwick, and lanes near 

 Harbourne, D. Cameron ; the small variety of dilatata, the spinulosa of Dickson (not 

 the var. recurvum), grows in woods at Allesley and on Coleshill heath, W. T, Bree ; 

 Chesterton wood, in a cleared part; a shady bank, Garrison-lane near BiiTuingham, 

 W. G.Perry ; Waverley wood near Weston ; Coleshill heath; Frogmoor coppice near 

 Temple Balsall, /. /. Murcott; Allesley, /. S. Baly. 



Athyriura Filix-femina. W. Southall, jun.; common in swampy places : the red- 

 stemmed variety is abundant in a lane near Sutton park, D. Cameron ; not uncommon 



