MOONWORT. 



LUNARIA. Smith, Hooker. 

 Osmunda lunaria. Linneus. 



LOCALITIES. 



ENGLAND . . . Northumberland; Cumberland, Giggleswick not uncommon, on heathy pastures 

 between Newby Cross and Daleton sparingly, Flimsby; Yorkshire, Fullwood, 

 near Sheffield very abundant, Settle, near Halifax ; Lancashire, Greenfield, near 

 Manchester ; Cheshire ; Staffordshire, near Cheedle ; Shropshire ; Nottingham- 

 shire, near Papplewick; Worcestershire, in an old pasture on Oversley Hill, 

 about a mile from Alcester ; Somersetshire, near Bath, near Bristol, Kingsweston 

 Hill ; Hampshire, at Harting Combe ; Surrey, Coulsden Common, Reigate Park, 

 Shirley Common, near Croydon ; Sussex, Boxgrove Common, near Chichester, on 

 the ascent from Patcham, near Brighton, towards Hollingbury Castle ; Kent, near 

 Dartford, Scadbury Park ; Cambridgeshire, near Linton. 



WALES ..... Caernarvonshire. 



SCOTLAND. . . Dumfriesshire, Clova Mountains and Pentland Hills; Nairnshire, near Auldean ; 

 Perthshire, Blair Athol. 



IRELAND. . . . County Londonderry, Benyvena Mountains near Magelligan; County Antrim, Black 

 Mountain, near Belfast. 



THIS little plant, although widely distributed over the king- 

 dom, can by no means be considered abundant ; but it may be 

 said of this and the following species, that from their diminutive 

 size they frequently escape that notice which Osmunda, with 

 its conspicuous appearance, can by no possibility elude. 



