128 WHERE TO FIND KERNS. 



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

 Hereford, Hertford, Kent, Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln, 

 Middlesex, Monmouth, Norfolk, Northampton, Northum- 

 berland, Nottingham, Oxford, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, 

 Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Westmore- 

 land, Wilts, Worcester, and York. In Wales, in the 

 counties of Anglesea, Brecknock, Caermarthen, Caer- 

 narvon, Denbigh, Flint, Glamorgan, Merioneth, Mont- 

 gomery, Pembroke, and Radnor. In the Isle of Man. 

 In Scotland, in the counties of Aberdeen, Argyle, 

 Ayr, Banff, Berwick, Caithness, Clackmannan, Cro- 

 marty, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Elgin, Fife, 

 Forfar, Haddington, Inverness, Kincardine, Kinross, 

 Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Linlithgow, Nairn, Orkney. 

 Peebles, Perth, Renfrew, Ross, Roxburgh, Selkirk, 

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

 Bute, Cantyre, Islay, and Harris. In Ireland, in the 

 counties of Antrim, Clare, Cork, Down, Dublin, Galway, 

 Kerry, and Kilkenny ; in King's County, Limerick, 

 Louth, Tipperary, Tyrone, and Wicklow. In the Channel 

 Islands. It grows at various heights, extending to some 

 two thousand feet above the sea-level. 



XLVI. THE SEA SPLEENWORT. 



Aspleniiim marinum. 

 (Plate X., Figs. 4 and 5, page 67.) 



LENGTH OF FROND. Two to eighteen inches, the 

 maximum length being exceptional. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. Roots fibrous, rather fleshy, 

 and abundant Rootstock stout, erect, tufted, with 

 scales upon its crown. Fronds evergreen, lance-shaped, 

 leathery, shining, simply pinnate ; stipes smooth, purple, 



