66 WHERE TO FIND FERNS. 



WHERE FOUND. In England, in the counties of 

 Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Cambridge, Chester, Cornwall, 

 Cumberland, Devon, Dorset (the mainland and the Isle 

 of Purbeck), Durham, Essex, Hants (the mainland and the 

 Isle of Wight), Hereford, Kent, Lancaster, Leicester, Lin- 

 coln, Middlesex, Monmouth, Norfolk, 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, Den- 

 bigh, Flint, Glamorgan, Merioneth, and Pembroke. 

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

 Aberdeen, Argyle, Ayr, Berwick, Caithness, Clack- 

 mannan, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Fife, Forfar, Had- 

 dington, Kincardine, Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Linlithgow r 

 Orkney (including the Shetland Isles), Perth, Renfrew, 

 Ross, Stirling, Sutherland, and Wigton. In the isles 

 of Arran, Bute, Harris, Islay, Lewis, Mull, and North 

 Uist. In Ireland, in the counties of Clare, Cork, 

 Donegal, Dublin, Galway, and Kerry; also in King's 

 County, Mayo, Tipperary, Waterford, and Wicklow. 

 In Jersey. Osmunda regalis grows at various altitudes 

 up to a thousand feet above the sea-level. 



X. THE TRUE MAIDENHAIR. 



Adiantum capillus-veneris. 

 (Plate VIII., Fig. 2, page 63.) 



LENGTH OF FROND. Six inches to two feet, according 

 to position and other circumstances of growth ; but the 

 maximum length given is exceptional. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. Roots black, fibrous, some- 

 what fleshy. Rootstock, a creeping rhizoma, slender, 

 covered with black scales, and extending itself along the 



