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me a specimen brought from Hoy Hill, Orkney, by Mr. 

 Anderson. I likewise received two specimens from tbe 

 Botanical Society of Edinburgh some years ago ; one of 

 these is labelled " Aspidium spinulosum," and is stated 

 on the label to have been communicated by Mr. C. E. 

 Broome, in 1838, from Hastings, Sussex ; the other is 

 labelled " Aspidium spinulosum var. dilatatum," and stated 

 to have been communicated by Mr. J. Ward, in 1839, 

 from Richmond, Yorkshire. As I am informed by ^Mr. 

 Newman, that the fern grows on hills about Settle, in the 

 same county, perhaps the locality of Eichmond may be 

 trusted as correct. The Eev. George Finder found tliis 

 fern in Cumberland. Mr. Hort tells me that he has seen 

 a specimen from Arran. It has further been seen in 

 several spots around Embleton, in Northumberland, by 

 Mr. Robert Embleton (Reports of the Berwick Club, p. 

 857), who assures me that he has no doubt respecting the 

 correctness of the name. In the Fora of Forfarshire, we 

 are told that the same fern has been found in the woods 

 of Baldovan, Kinnordy, &c., but is not common in that 

 county. It has been reported to me that Professor Bal- 

 four brought a specimen from North Uist, with a reference 

 by my informant to the published ' Account of the Vege- 

 tation of the Outer Hebrides ' ; where, however, I do not 

 find any mention of L. foenisecii. Thus, this fern appears 

 to be already known in numerous localities, in nine or ten 

 counties, and in seven or eight provinces. I have added 

 largely to these in the provincial and comital estimates, 

 on the presumption that it will be fomid in the intermedi- 

 ate provinces and counties ; among which Wales and the 

 West Lowlands would seem very probable habitats. 



