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Gymnogramma leptophylla in Scotland. By the Rev. W. W. 



Spicer, M.A. 



Seeing in the February ' Phytologist' the " supposed discovery of 

 Gymnogramma leptophylla in Scotland," I wrote to the discoverer 

 (Miss Veitch), in Madeira, to ascertain the exact locality of the plant 

 in Aberdeenshire. That lady very kindly and promptly sent me the 

 communication, of which the following is a copy : — " I have much 

 pleasure in informing you that the specimen of Gymnogramma lepto- 

 phylla in my possession I discovered in a stone dyke on the high 

 road, on the right-hand side, leading from Braemar (Aberdeenshire) 

 to Ballater, nearly opposite Invercaiild House, and as far as Ivemem- 

 ber, where the Highlanders perform their annual feats at the gather- 

 ing, viz., a rock called the Lion's Face, at the foot of which, enclosing 

 trees, is the above-named dyke." Believing the discovery of this lit- 

 tle feni in Great Britain to be a matter of some interest to botanists, 

 I have no hesitation in asking you to insert the above in the ' Phyto- 

 logist.' The next thing will be, for those near the spot to endeavour 



to re-find the fern. 



W. W. Spicer. 



lichen Abbas, April 28, 1852. 



A Word for Narcissus incomparahilis, Curt. 

 By John G. Baker, Esq. 



Has not this beautiful Narcissus almost as good a claim to a place 

 in the lists of naturalized British species as some of its allies ? In 

 this neighbourhood it appears thoroughly and permanently established 

 in a walled pasture near the junction of the branch of Cod-beck that 

 rises near Felis Kirk with the main stream, where, in company with 

 N, biflorus and a small quantity of N. Pseudo-narcissus, it covers a 

 considerable space of ground. The field is about mid-way between 

 the villages of North and South Kelvin gton, and is contiguous to an 

 old farm-house, from which the plant has most likely been introduced 

 in Catholic times, when the house has been a place of more impor- 

 tance than at present, though a portion of it is still occasionally used 



as a chapel. 



John G. Baker. 



May, 1852. 



