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I hope, Sir, that these observations will be considered, by yourself 

 and readers, as worthy of being " called a reply " to the animadver- 

 sions of Mr. Forster. And beg to subscribe myself. 



Your obedient Servant, 



Ph. B. Ayres, M.D. 



To the Editor of ' The Phytologist.' 



Art. CCXY .^County Lists of the British Fertis and their Allies. 

 Compiled by Edward Newman. 



(Continued from p. 514). 



SOMERSETSHIRE. 



t Adiantum Capillus-Veneris. Said to grow in the mouth of an old 

 well at Clevedon, Leo. H. Grindon. 



Lomaria spicant. (Dr. Southby), Leigh woods, Bristol (G. Rogers), 

 H. C. Watson ; Embrough, Wells, but not general, T. B. Flower ; 

 not uncommon near Bristol, G. H. K. Thwaites. 



Pteris aquilina. (Dr. Southby), H. C. Watson ; frequent on heaths 

 and barren places, T. B. Flower ; common near Bath, C. C. Bahing- 

 ton ; common near Bristol, G. H. K. Thwaites. 



Allosorus crispus. About a mile from Simmon's bath, very spar- 

 ingly, on a stone wall, in company with Polytrichum alpinum, N. 

 Ward,jun. 



Polypodium vulgare. (Dr. Southby), H. C. Watson ; frequent in 

 the county, T. B. Flower, C. C. BaMngton ; very common near Bris- 

 tol, G. H. K. Thwaites. Var. ^. serratum. With the above, T. B. 

 Flozcer ; Cheddar, the variety figured at p. 22 of Newman's Ferns, 

 (W. C. Trevelyan), H. C. Watson; exceedingly fine on old trees in 

 Leigh wood &c., Leo. H. Grindon. 



Polypodium Dryopteris. Rocky places on the Mendip hills, Bris- 

 tol and Bath, T. B. Flower ; Widcombe house, Bath, now lost ? (Mr. 

 Sole), C. C. BaMngton. 



Polypodium calcareum. Cheddar cliflfs, John Harris, jun., (W. C. 

 Trevelyan), H. C. Watson; Bath, Leigh woods, Bristol, Cheddar cliffs 

 and Mendip hills, T. B. Flower ; Friary woods, Hinton abbey (T. B. 

 Flower), C. C. Bahington. 



Cystopteris fragilis. Cheddar cliffs, E. Lees, (Dr. Southby, W. H. 

 Trevelyan), H. C. Watson ; Leigh woods near Bristol (G. H. K. 

 Thwaites to Bot. Soc. Loud.) H. C. Watson; Bath, Embrough, Wells, 



