62 WHERE TO FIND FERNS. 



Cumberland, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, 

 Gloucester, Hants (the mainland and the Isle of Wight), 

 Hereford, Hertford, Kent, Lancashire, Leicester, Lin- 

 coln, Middlesex, Monmouth, Norfolk, Northampton, 

 Northumberland, Nottingham, Oxford, Rutland, Salop, 

 Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, 

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

 in the counties of Anglesea, Brecknock, Caermarthen, 

 Caernarvon, Cardigan, Denbigh, Flint, Glamorgan, 

 Merioneth, Pembroke, and Radnor. In the Isle of 

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

 Ayr, Banff, Berwick, Bute, Caithness, Clackmannan, 

 Cromarty, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Elgin, 

 Fife, Forfar, Haddington, Inverness, Kincardine, Kinross, 

 Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Linlithgow, Nairn, Orkney (in- 

 cluding the Shetland Isles), Peebles, Perth, Renfrew, 

 Ross, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Stirling, and Sutherland ; also 

 in the Isles of Arran, Cantyre, Harris, Islay, Lewis, and 

 North Uist. In Ireland, in the counties of Antrim, Clare, 

 Cork, Down, Dublin, and Galway (the mainland and the 

 Arran Isles) ; also in King's County, Limerick, Mayo, 

 Tipperary, Waterford, and Wicklow. In the islands of 

 Jersey and Guernsey. It ascends to a height of two 

 thousand feet above the sea-level. 



IX. THE ROYAL FERN. 



Osmunda regalis. 

 (Plate I., page 49.) 



LENGTH OF FROND. Two feet to twelve feet, 

 according to more or less congenial conditions of 

 growth ; moist peat soil and a boggy situation in imme- 

 diate contiguity to water favouring and inducing the 

 larger growths. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. Roots numerous, fibrous. 



