ON THE DISAPPEARANCE OF NATIVE PLANTS. 469 
1,766. Oryptogramme ecrispa, R. Br. I. of Man; is now very scarce, 
and in danger of extermination from its sale to ‘trippers’ in Douglas 
Market (P. M. K.). 
1,771. Asplenitum marinwm, L. Cumberland and Westmoreland; is 
rapidly diminishing in the Lake district generally through the action of 
‘rapacious local dealers’ and tourists (W. H.). 8S. Wales; is much 
rarer round Cardiff, but nowhere extinct. See No. 1,358 (J. 8.). 
1,772. Asplenium viride, Huds. Cumberland and Westmoreland ; 
has entirely disappeared from a well-known station at Brandy Ghyll, a 
deep gully at the 8.W. base of Carrock Fell, and is now quite scarce in 
many of its remaining recorded habitats in the Lake district, &c., through 
collectors. and tourists (W. H.). Durham and Yorkshire; is much 
searcer in all its Teesdale localities, Falcon Clints, and Green Fell, &c., 
through tourists and collectors (R. B. S.). 
1,773. Aspleniwm Trichomanes, L. Cumberland and Westmoreland ; 
rapidly diminishing in the Lake district generally through ‘ rapacious 
local dealers’ and tourists (W. H.). Yorkshire; formerly in Dungeon 
Wood, near Huddersfield, in clefts of the rocks, but is now extinct, 
partly from collectors and finally through the construction of a railway 
er. HH.) 
: 1,781. Ceterach oficinarum, Desv. Cumberland; formerly grew on 
many of the southern bluffs of Gowbarrow Fells over Ulleswater, where 
hardly a single specimen now exists; Aira Crag, Yew Crag, and Priest 
Crag, formerly well-known stations, have been completely denuded ; 
collectors and tourists are responsible (W. H.). I. of Man; the plant 
is scarce in the island ; near Ramsay it is extinct, owing to removal of 
the old walls (P. M. K.). 
1,782. Scolopendrium vulgare, Symons. Cumberland and Westmore- 
land; is rapidly diminishing in the Lake district generally through 
local dealers and tourists (W. H.). Yorkshire; formerly grew profusely 
in the neighbourhood of Richmond, but is now becoming scarce in con- 
sequence of the depredations of professional fern-collectors (E. B. W.). 
Formerly fairly plentiful at Hazlegrove, Saltburn, but now almost totally 
extinct through visitors, collectors, &c. In other glens in the neighbour- 
hood it is also becoming rare from the same cause (R. B. 8.). I. of 
Man ; not very plentiful in the island ; it is now fast disappearing from 
the glens, as e.7., Ballure, owing to people, mostly the ‘ trippers,’ carrying 
off roots. Other ferns, besides those specifically mentioned in this 
report, are being diminished from like causes, but not to such an extent 
(P. M. K.). 
1,783. Woodsia ilvensis, R. Br. Durham and Yorkshire ; formerly in 
several localities in Teesdale, &c., but now quite extinct through the 
action of collectors (R. B. 8.). This was its most southern English 
station. 
1,785. Cystopteris fragilis, Bernh. Cumberland, &c. ; associated with 
No. 1,781, and has similarly suffered, but not to so great an extent 
(W. H.). 
1,788. Polystichum Lonchitis, Roth. Cumberland, &c. ; rapidly 
diminishing in the Lake district ; ‘rapacious, local dealers and tourists’ 
(W. H.). Durham and Yorkshire; formerly in several localities in 
Teesdale, but now quite extinct; collectors, &c. (R. B. S.).. Rocks in 
the high pastures, Littondale; ‘botanical robbers,’ and possibly also 
severe weather (W. S.8.). 
