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BRITISH FERNS. 



THE FLOWERING FERN: in Scotland, FRENCH BRACKEN, 



OSMUNDA REGALIS of Authors. 



LOCALITIES. 



ENGLAND . . . Yorkshire, near Leeds ; Cumberland and Westmoreland, Hesket Moss, and through- 

 out the lake district ; Lancashire, at Speke, near Liverpool, on the banks of the 

 Mersey, near Warrington, on Chat Moss, on the bog near Newton, on the Man- 

 chester and Liverpool line of railway in great abundance ; Chester, by the side of 

 the Mersey, in several localities ; Shropshire, at West Felton, and by the bank of 

 Ellesmere Lake, very luxuriant ; Warwickshire, abundant on Moseley Common, 

 Birmingham, and in several other localities ; Derbyshire, localities too numerous 

 to detail; Devonshire, Turfmoor, near Shopwick, and other localities too 

 numerous to detail ; Cornwall, Gwithian, St. Ives, Land's-end, Scilly Islands ; 

 Sussex, Parham Park, Uckfield Lake near Lewis, Amberley, and in Ashdown 

 forest ; Surrey, abundant near Reigate, Broadmoor, at the southern foot of Leith 

 Hill, Sutton Common, Bagshot Heath ; Kent, neighbourhood of Tunbridge 

 Wells, Keston Heath, Hayes Common ; Essex, in Epping Forest sparingly, only 

 three or four plants have been obtained at Danbury, covering half an acre of 

 ground ; Suffolk ; Norfolk ; Isle of Wight ; Isle of Man. 



WALES Caernarvonshire, near Pont Aberglasslyn ; Merionethshire, near Barmouth, near 



Llaneltyd, near Harlech ; Cardiganshire, near Aberystwith, near the Devil's 

 bridge ; Glamorganshire, near Swansea, Singleton bog, Cromlyn bog. 



SCOTLAND . . . Throughout the Western Highlands of very frequent occurrence, on Lochs Achray, 

 Katrine, Lomond, Long, Fyne, and Awe, very luxuriant ; Lanarkshire. 



IRELAND, . . . County Donegal, on Lough Salt sparingly, on the banks of the river Guibarra, near 

 Docharty bridge in profusion, and of enormous size, near Glenties abundant ; 

 County Fermanagh, on the borders of Loughs Erne and Macnean; County 

 Leitrim, near Manorhamilton ; County Sligo, near Sligo, and along the road from 

 thence to Ballisodare and Dromore ; County Mayo, at the foot of Nephin, and in 

 the neighbourhood of Lough Conn, Coraan Achill, Isle of Achill, Newport, West- 

 port, between Westport and Leenane ; County Gal way, abundant between Leenane 

 and Clifden, and between Clifden and Reundstone, particularly on the small 

 islands in the lakes, some of which it densely covers, Urrisbeg, Ballinahinch, the 

 Recess, banks of Lake Shindella, Oughterard, Galway, Oranmore, Loughrea, 

 Aughrim and Ballinasloe ; King's county, at Shannon harbour ; County Clare, 

 Kilrush, Kilkee, and along the Atlantic coast, in many places ; County Kerry, 

 Tarbert, Listhowel, Tralee, Killarney most abundant, Kenmare ; County Cork, 

 Glengarriff, and near Bantry, Skibbereen, Rosscarbery, Cronakilty, Bandon, 

 Cerk, Rathcormack, Fermoy, Mitchelstown, Youghal; County Limerick, near 

 Limerick, Castle Connel, Mitchelstown; County Tipperary, Cahir, Clonmel, 

 Carrick-on-Suir; County Waterford, at May Park, near Waterford; Counties 

 Kilkenny and Wexford, on both banks of the Barrow, near Ross ; County 

 Wicklow, on Lough Dan. 



BY a reference to the synoptical table of genera, it will be 

 seen that this, and the remaining species, are separated by 



