252 EQUISETACE-E. FILICBS. 



where in the Cheddar Valley. Yatton. In the 

 canal by Bath ; Add. Fl. Bathon. VI. VII. 



954. E. palustre, L. 



Native ; in marshes, swamps, and ditch-banks, fre- 

 quent. 



G. Marsh at the Boiling Well. Filton Meads. 



S. By the Abbot's Pond, near Abbot's Leigh. Bed- 

 minster Meads. Clevedon. Winscombe. Yatton. 

 Abundant on ditch-banks between Brean and 

 Berrow. Frequent in boggy places ; Fl. Bathon. 



VI. VII. 



FILICES. 

 POLYPODIUM, Linn. 



955. P. vulgare, L. Common Polypody. 



Native; on shady banks, walls, and old trees, very 

 common. Pinnae occasionally bifid at the end, 

 sometimes serrate or even (P. cambricum, L.) doubly 

 pinnatifid. VIII. X. 



956. P. Phegopteris, L. Beech Fern. 



Native ; in a damp, mossy dell near Wells, S., where 

 we saw a patch extending some yards, in 1883 and 

 1884. VII. IX. 



957. P. Dryopteris, L. Oak Fern. 



S. In Leigh Wood, rare. SUercliffs Guide, 1789. 

 Leigh Wood, sparingly, 1839. Mr. T. B. Flower. 



In conversation Mr. Flower has explained to us that 

 this fern formerly grew with others in a damp, 

 boggy hollow near Rownham. We know the place 

 very well ; but the ferns are not there now. 



