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pearance of this noble fern at the above locality; it might thei-efove he presumed to be 

 lost there, but a very few years since I was shown some ferns sent from this very spot 

 to Miss Spriggs of Worcester, among which was a specimen of the Osmunda : I do 

 not know of its growing in any other part of Worcestershire, E. Lees ; Moseley com' 

 mon, W. Southall,ju7i., D. Cameron, G. Luxford, (Mr. Ick) W. G. Perry. 



Botrychium Lunaria. Bredon hill (Dr. Nash) ; Abberley hill, (Mrs. Phipps On- 

 slow, from whom I have received a specimen) ; on coal-pit banks near Stourbridge, 

 (Mr. Waldron Hill in Withering, 2nd edition, edited by Dr. Stokes), E. Lees. 



Ophioglossum vulgatura. Local, though plentiful where it does occur; Grimley 

 meadows, (A. Edmonds) ; near Malvern, (E. Newman) ; Longdon marshes, E. Lees : 

 near Worcester, T. Westcombe. 



Lycopodiura clavatum. On a sandstone cliff by the Severn, at Winterdyne near 

 Bewdley, (T. Robinson, from whom I have a specimen), E. Lees : bog on Hartlebu- 

 ry common, R. J. N. Streeten : Moseley common, W. Southall,jun. 



Lycopodium inundatum. On a boggy part of Hartlebury common, near its ter- 

 mination, about a mile from Stourport, E. Lees ; on Hartlebury common, JR. J. N. 

 Streeten, T. Westcombe. 



Lycopodium Selago. Moseley common, W. SouthaU,jun., D. Cameron, G. Lux- 

 ford, (Mr. Ick) W. G. Perry. 



Equisetum hyemale. Moseley bog (Mr. Ick), W. G. Perry. 



Equisetum palustre. In bogs on Hartlebury common near Stourport ; by the side 

 of the river Avon near Pershore, E. Lees : Fakenham bog (Purton's 'Midland Flora'); 

 banks of the Teme near Powick, R. J. N. Streeten : near Worcester, T. Westcombe. 



Equisetum limosum. In pools and marshes generally all over the county; near 

 Bewdley in the north, and most abundant near Chawley in the south, E. Lees : Se- 

 vern meadows; Kempsey, R. J. N. Streeten : near Worcester, T. Westcombe; Mose- 

 ley, D. Cameron, G. Luxford. 



Equisetum sylvaticum. In a wood in the vicinity of the Malvern hills, but very 

 rare, and I only met with one specimen, E. Lees : near Clifton-on-Teme, T. West- 

 combe. 



Equisetum arvense. Excessively common, ^. /.ees.- Severn meadows; Kempsey; 

 banks of the Worcester and Birmingham canal, R. J. N. Streeten : common, T. 

 Westcombe. 



Equisetum fluviatile. Plentiful in boggy woods near Worcester ; Great and Little 

 Malvern ; indeed generally, E, Lees : near Worcester, T. Westcombe. 



It is intended to give the lists for Gloucester, Wilts, Somerset, 

 Devon and Cornwall in the April Phytologist ; further infoimation 

 respecting these counties is particularly solicited. In records of lo- 

 calities near Bristol, I shall feel much obliged by my correspondents 

 taking great care as to the county. Ts the locality for Asplenium 

 lanceolatum in Gloucestershire or Somersetshire, or both ? 



Edwaed Newman. 



(To be continued). 



