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banks and hedge-bottoms ; no uncommon species in the county and 

 island, but much less frequent than the preceding, at least in the 

 latter. On the walls of Quarr Abbey, in some plenty on the south- 

 east side, and on those of Carisbrooke Castle, particularly in a small 

 court or quadrangle, v/hich is covered with it. On chalk near the 

 foot of Messley or Mersley Down, just where the road turns off to 

 Newchurch and Knighton, on a bank, sparingly. Plentiful in a lane 

 facing the ' Sun' public-house, at Chale. I have remarked it repeatedly 

 on mainland Hants, where it is certainly no rarity, if it cannot be 

 called common ; but having omitted to specify the localities in my 

 notes, 1 prefer passing them in silence to quoting from memory only. 



A. lanceolatum should be found in this county. 



Aspleniuin marinum. In rocky caverns, and in holes and clefts of 

 rocks, along the sea-coast ; extremely rare in Hants, and only known 

 to me in the single subjoined station, where it is both excessively 

 sparing in quantity and of most diminutive growth. Amongst masses 

 of rock above the shore west of St. Catharine's Point, beyond Knowle, 

 towards Blackgang, Sept. 12, 1845, Miss Kirkpatrick !!! A careful 

 search in the fissures of the rocks that bound the Undercliff may 

 discover the Sea Spleenwort in new localities and increased quantity. 



Aspleniuni Ruta-muraria. On walls, churches and rocks, in 

 several parts of the county and Isle of Wight, but by no means 

 frequent, at least in the latter. Wall in the Spencer Road, at Ryde, 

 in tolerable plenty, Oct. 27, 1847. On an old brick wall at East 

 Cowes, abundantly. On Arreton, Calbourne and Freshwater Churches. 

 On rocks at Niton, Mr. G. Kirkpatrick. Andover, Mr. Wra. Wbale. 

 Bridgefoot (Fareham), Mr. W. L. Notcult. Doubtless in very many 

 other places when sought for. 



Scolopendrium vulgare. In moist, shady woods and groves, on 

 hedge-banks, walls, rocks and ruins, in caves and wells, &c ; abun- 

 dant in nearly all parts of the county and Isle of Wight. Profusely 

 and extremely luxuriant in the Undercliff, to the perennial verdure 

 of which it largely contributes. Var. /3. Fronds bi- or tripartite at 

 their extremities. By the road-side from Bonchurch to St. Boniface, 

 near Dyer's Cottage, the late Sam. Hailstone, Jun., Esq. ! Var. y. 

 undulatum. Fronds crisped at the margins. Place House (Fareham), 

 Mr. W. L. Notcutt. The fresh leaves of Hart's-tongue are employed 

 externally by rustic practitioners in this island to " bad legs," as a 

 cooling application, 



Ceterach officinartim. On old walls, rocks and buildings, but not 

 common in the county on either side of the Solent. On Brading 

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