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Church, chiefly on the south porch, in plenty. May 19, 1838 (still 

 there, but in less quantity than before the tiling was renewed a few 

 years back). On a low wall at Coopers, near Bembridge, abundantly, 

 Dr. T. Bell Salter !!! — the wall, I believe, is now razed or rebuilt, and 

 the fern destroyed. Walls of Carisbrook Castle, Mr. G. Kiikpatrick !!! 

 On an old brick wall on the left-hand just out of Botley, on the road 

 to Titchfield, in plenty, June 20, 1848. On the walls of Winton, 

 plentifully. Tower of Old Alresford Church, Mr. Wm. Pamplin in 

 litt. Fareham churchyard, Mr. W. L. Notcutt. Very abundant on 

 a wall by the road-side just beyond Greatham Church, coming from 

 Lyss, four miles from' Selborne, Aug. 27, 1849, Dr. T. Bell Salter !!! 

 Netley Abbey, Mr. T. B. Flower !!! New Forest, Id. (Newman's Brit. 

 Ferns). 



Blechnum horeale. In damp woods, on moist, shady hedge-banks, 

 and wet, heathy or boggy and moory ground ; frequent in the county 

 generally, but less so in this island ])ortion of it than on the mainland. 

 In a boggy thicket just at the back of the fruit-garden, St. John's. 

 On the skirts of Lake and Blackpan Commons, near Landguard 

 Farm, plentifully. Sparingly in the lane between Guildford and 

 Lynn Farms, near Haven Street. In the dell, &c., at Apse Castle, 

 abundantly. In and about the Wilderness, and on the moors north 

 of Godshill, in various places. On Kingston moors, between Corve 

 and Kingston, &c. Dripping well on St. George's Down, by New- 

 port, Mr. G. Kirkpatrick ! Near Southton, in the New Forest, and 

 most other parts of Hants, frequent, except in the chalk districts, 

 where it is rare, if not quite wanting. 



Pteris aquilina. A most abundant and (excepting on the chalk) 

 universal fern all over the county and Isle of Wight, in woods and 

 thickets, on open, rough pasture-land, heaths and commons, whether 

 damp or dry. 



Hymenophyllum tunbridgense has been announced to me by a 

 lady as growing amongst moss, at the roots of bushes, near the old 

 walls of Quarr Abbey, on the south side, but the locality is an 

 unlikely one, and there is every reason to believe that some moss 

 resembling it was gathered for the Hymenophyllum in this locality. 

 The species, however, is one not at all unlikely to be found on our 

 damp sandstone rocks eventually. 



Osmunda regalis. In low, swampy, boggy places, wet meadows, 

 thickets, and on moory, peaty commons, &c. Frequent in various 

 parts of the Isle of Wight, as on the skirts of Lake and Blackpan 

 Commons, and the adjacent parts of Sandown Level. In wet 



