CRYPTOGAMIA 



Ord. Filices 



1. Pteris aquilina (Bracken). Common. 

 (Edmondston.) 



2. Blechnum Spicant (Hard Fern). 

 Abundant. 



3. Polypodium vulgare (Common Poly- 

 pody). Frequent. 



P. Phegopteris (Beech Fern). Near Busta. 



4. Lastrea Thelypteris (Marsh Fern). Near 

 Scalloway and Quendale, Dunrossness. 



L. Oreopteris (Mountain Fern). Near 

 North Roe. 



L. Filix-mas (Male Fern). Abundant. 



5. Athyrium Filix-fcemina (Lady Fern). 

 Abundant. 



6. Scolopendrium vulgare (Hart's Tongue). 

 Burn of Sundibanks, near Scalloway. 



7. Hymenophyllum Wilsoni (Wilson's 

 Filmy Fern). " I have only observed this 

 plant in one station, namely, on the banks of 



