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vine between the north and end hills north of Great Malvern ; plentiful however in 

 that locality, E. Lees : North hill, Malvern, T. Westcombe. ■ 



Cystopteris fragilis. In fissures of the oolitic rock on the summit of Bredou hill, 

 on the side of the precipice; near Bromsgrove Lickey, E. Lees. 



Polystichum aculeatum, angulare and lobatum. Of these three forms I find loba- 

 tum at least commonly occurring, and most partial to deep rocky lanes, where it some- 

 times attains a length of nearly three feet; it grows peculiarly fine by the travertin 

 deposits at Eastham nearTenbury; also on the Holly-bush hill, Malvern range, E. 

 Lees ; P. aculeatum. Brook-end lane, near Kempsey, R. J. N. Streeten : near Wor- 

 cester, T. Westcombe. 



Polystichum an{iulare. Near Clifton-on-Teme, T. Westcombe. 



Poh/stichum lobatum. Hedge-row in Bromhall-lane, near Worcester, R. J. N. 

 Streeten ; Stagbury hill, T. Westcombe. 



Lastraea Oreopteris. On the sides of the wet commons on the eastern side of t'le 

 Malvern range ; below Malvern wells, E. Lees ; Moseley common, W. Southalljun., 

 D. Cameron, G. Luxford ; Malvern hills, T. Westcombe. 



Lastraea Filix-mas. Everywhere, E. Lees : Brookend cross near Kempsey, -R. J. 

 Streeten : common, T. Westcombe. 



Lastreea dilatata. Damp woods and alder-holts ; very fine about Bromsgrove Lic- 

 key, E. Lees : Perry wood, R. J. N. Streeten : North hill, INlalvern, very much curled 

 and distorted ; near Malvern ; Blackstone rock near Bewdley,-T. Westcombe. 



Lastreea spinulosa. A variety with overlapping pinnules and of rigid habit grows 

 on the Malvern hills, E. Lees ; Shrawley wood, T. Westcombe ; I used to find it in 

 some of the bogs on Moseley common, which I believe have since been drained, G. 

 Lu xford. 



Athyrium Filix-femina. E. Lees : Burcott, and in the wet lanes near Bromsgrove 

 Lickey, very common (Purton's ' Midland Flora ') R. J. Streeten : on the Malvern 

 hills, with the broad and narrow frond, T. Westcombe. 



Athyrium irriguum. E. Lees. 



Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum. With variegated fronds about Great Malvern, Lit- 

 tle Malvern, and many other spots, E. Lees : Brook-end lane, Kempsey, R. J. N. 

 Streeten : Hanbury church, and near Worcester, T. Westcombe. 



Asplenium Ruta-muraria. E. Lees : old brick wall near the Cathedral, Worces- 

 ter, R. J. N. Streeten : Southstone rock ; Stanford bridge, T. Westcombe. 



Asplenium Trichomanes. E. Lees .- rocks on the north hill, Malvern, R. J. N. 

 Streeten : Blackstone rock ; Ham bridge ; Malvern hills, T. Westcombe. 



Asplenium viride. Ham bridge, near Clifton-on-Teme, E. Lees : the reader is re- 

 ferred to further observations on this habitat in a preceding page (Phytol. 46) ; Mr. 

 Lees obligingly sent me the specimen in question, and I beg to add my testimony to 

 the correctness of the name, E. Neivman : Ham bridge, very sparingly, T. Westcombe. 



Scolopeudrium vulgare. Monstrous specimens with multilobed fronds above two 

 feet in length grow on the conglomeratic Rosebury rock, near Knightsford bridge, E. 

 Lees: Draycot near Kempsey, R. J . N . Streeten : near Clifton-on-Teme, T. Westcombe. 



Ceterach officinarnm. Very sparingly on walls at Great Malvern, but not on the 

 rocks of the hills, and I should say this fern is not at home in Worcestershire, E. Lees: 

 Badsey near Evesham, T. Westcombe. 



Osmunda regalis. On Moseley-wake green, near Binningham, at the northern 

 extremity of the county ; Dr. Withering records the curious appearance and disap- 



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