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drawn out to somewhat acute points. Fructification 

 distributed equally over every part of the frond and 

 almost marginal, consisting of two rows of non-indusiate, 

 rounded sori, one on each side of the midvein of each 

 pinnule. 



HABITATS. Damp woods in mountainous districts, 

 or in country that is more or less hilly ; the margins of 

 mountain or moorland streams ; the immediate vicinity 

 of waterfalls, in the fine spray of which this beautiful 

 species delights ; moist nooks in rocks, especially in the 

 neighbourhood of water. The habitats of Polypodiuin 

 phegopteris are essentially shady. 



WHERE FOUND. In England, in the counties of 

 Chester, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derby, Devon, Dorset, 

 Durham, Gloucester, Hereford, Lancaster, Monmouth, 

 Northumberland, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Sussex, 

 Westmoreland, Wilts, and York. In the Isle of Man. 

 In Wales, in the counties of Brecknock, Caermarthen, 

 Caernarvon, Cardigan, Denbigh, Glamorgan, Merioneth, 

 Montgomery, and Radnor. In Scotland, in the counties 

 of Aberdeen, Argyle, Ayr, Banff, Berwick, Caithness, 

 Clackmannan, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Elgin, 

 Fife, Forfar, Inverness, Kincardine, Kinross, Kirkcud- 

 bright, Lanark, Linlithgow, Orkney (including Shetland), 

 Perth, Renfrew, Ross, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Stirling, and 

 Sutherland; also in the isles of Cantyre, Islay, and 

 Mull. In Ireland, it is found only in the counties of 

 Antrim, Donegal, Down, Galway, Kerry, Londonderry, 

 Louth, and Wicklow. It is found growing at various 

 heights up to three thousand five hundred feet above 

 the sea-level. 



