58 WHERE TO FIND FERNS, 



Essex, Gloucester, Hants (the mainland and the Isle 

 of Wight), Hereford, Hertford, Kent, Lancaster, Leices- 

 ter, Lincoln, Middlesex, Monmouth, Norfolk, North- 

 ampton, Northumberland, Nottingham, Oxford, Rutland, 

 Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, War- 

 wick, Westmoreland, Wilts, Worcester, and York. In 

 Welles^ in the counties of Anglesea, Brecknock, 

 Caermarthen, Caernarvon, Cardigan, Denbigh, Flint, 

 Glamorgan, Merioneth, Montgomery, and Pembroke. 

 Specimens have also been found in Radnor. In the Isle 

 of Man. In Scotland, in the counties of Aberdeen, 

 Argyle, Ayr, Banff, Berwick, Bute, Caithness, Clack- 

 mannan, Cromarty, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Edinburgh, 

 Elgin, Fife, Forfar, Haddington, Inverness, Kincardine, 

 Kinross, Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Linlithgow, Nairn, 

 Orkney, Peebles, Perth, Renfrew, Roxburgh, Selkirk, 

 Stirling, and Sutherland ; also in the isles of Arran, 

 Cantire, Harris, Islay, Lewis, and North Uist. In 

 Ireland, in the counties of Antrim, Clare, Cork, Dublin, 

 Galway, and Kerry ; also in King's County, Kilkenny, 

 Killarney, Limerick, Louth, Waterford, and Wicklow. 

 In the Channel Islands, Jersey and Guernsey. It has 

 been found growing up to two thousand two hundred 

 feet above the sea-level. 



VIII. THE HARD FLRX. 

 Blechnnm spicant* 



(Plate VI., Figs. 4 and 5, page 59.) 



LENGTH OF FROND. Barren fronds, six inches to two 

 feet ; fertile fronds, a foot to three feet according to the 

 circumstances of growth. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. Roots wiry, fibrous, abun- 

 dant. Rootstock somewhat thick, creeping, and in time 



