44S TIUCHOMANES l^ADICAXS, 



Trichomanes — From thrix — hair, and manos — soft, from the delicate 

 fronds. Radicans—B.ooimg. 



A RARE Britisli Fern, which formerly grew near Bingley, in 

 Yorkshire, as in 1758 Bolton saw it there in abundance, and 

 in 1782 he could only find one root. It has been found in 

 Ireland in County Wicklow, in Hermitage Glen by Dr. 

 Mackay, and Powerscourt Waterfall by Dr. Stokes; in County 

 Cork, at Glendine, by Mr. R. Ball; Glanbour by Mr. J. A. 

 Fisher; Temple Michael Glen by Mr. D. Murray; Ballinhasy 

 Glen and Bandon by Mr. S. P. Woodward; Fall of the Clash- 

 gariffe by Mr. J. Drummond; near Glandore by Dr. Allman; 

 near Bantry by Professor C. C. Babington; from one thousand 

 to twelve hundred feet on Carrigeena, Kildorrery, by Mr, J. 

 Carrol ; in County Waterford, in the Valley of the Blackwater, 

 by Dr. Kinahan; in County Limerick, Cumailte Mountains, by 

 Dr. INIackay; in County Kerry, Tore Mountain, Killarney, by 

 Dr. Mackay; Island of Valcntia by Miss H. Blackburnc; Cro- 

 magaun Mountain by Mr. W. Cristy; Mount Eagle by Mr. 

 D. Moore; Gortagaree by Dr. Taylor; Blackstones, Glouin, 

 Carach, and Inveragh by Mr. W. Andrews; Curaan Lake, 

 Waterville, by Professor C. C. Babington; and in several other 

 localities not made j)ublic. 



It has been found growing luxuriantly in some abundance 

 in several places, extending over several miles in Wales, but 

 the localities have been kept secret; indeed it has been found 

 necessary to refrain from making the habitats known, from a 

 dread of its extermination by collectors, as has already been 

 the case in some localities; this Fern fetching a high price, 

 and therefore being much sought after, is an inducement to 

 uproot it whereyer found. 



Abroad it is a native of Spain, of Teneriffe, the Canary 

 Isles, Madeira, and the Azores, India, Jamaica, Martinique, 

 Mexico, Panama, New Grenada, Brazil, Venezuela, in the 

 Galapagos and Society Isles, and Sandwich Islands. 



Fronds six to sixteen inches in length, of which the stipes 

 is from a third to a half of this length, membranaceous, pellucid, 

 smooth, and dark olive green. Ovate-triangular, the apex some- 

 what attenuate. Tripinnatifid. The pinnse ovate-lanceolate, with 

 oblong segments, dentate; the teeth being brief and linear. 



