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FLORA OF ARRAN. 



Aspidium lobatum, . 

 aculeatum, 



Oreopteris, 



Aspidium spinulosum, 



Filix mas, 



recurvum (Foeni- 

 secii), . 



Cystopteris fragilis, . 



Asplenium Ruta-muraria, 

 Trichomanes, . 



Frequent on cliffs and banks 

 near the sea ; sometimes 

 in exposed situations, pass- 

 ing into the form lonchi- 

 tioides. 



Frequent in hedges and woods. 



'Very abundant in the glens 

 and on the moors, often, as 

 in the lower part of Glen 

 Rosa, covering the whole 

 hill-side with the delicate 

 yellowish - green of its 

 young fronds. 



' This variable and perplexing 

 species is very abundant 

 in several varieties, one of 

 which, with an ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate frond, is 

 frequent on the highest 

 mountains. 



Abundant everywhere. 



(^Frequent on the sea cliff as 

 at Corrie, North Sannox, 

 Salt - pans, and Whiting 

 Bay ; in rocky and wooded 

 ground at the head of Glen 

 Cloy, under the Sheeans. 



( Rocks at the head of Glen 

 Cloy ; cave in the old sea 

 cliff at Blue Rock ; near 

 Glen Sannox; and in 



J several other spots among 

 the mountains, as, near 

 the top of Ben-Ghnuis, on 

 the Ceims, &c. It gener- 

 ally, if not always, occurs 

 in the form dentata. 

 Old walls at Brodick Castle, 

 and probably in other 

 places. 

 Common on rocks and walls. 



