68 



Mr. Winch's Fiord of Northumberland, 8$c. 



4. A. Ruta muraria. Wall-rue Spleenwort, White 



Maidenhair. 



Sm.Eng. Fl. iv. 309; Eng. Bot. 150; Hook. Fl. 

 Scot. ii. 156 ; Bolt. Fil. t. 16; With. iii. 999 ; 

 Berwick Flora, ii. 16. 



On rocks on Boldon and Cleadon Hills, and at Castle 

 Eden Dene, also on walls at Gibside and near 

 Hilton Castle, and at the Roman station near Lan- 

 chester, D. On Ovingham Church walls, and on 

 the Roman Wall at Shewing Shields, also at Alnwick, 

 N. On the bridge at Corbridge, and on the church 

 wall at Simonburn, N. — Wallis, 249. 



5. A. Adiautum nigrum. Black Maidenhair, Spleen- 



wort. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 310 ; Bolt. Fil. t. 17 ; Eng. Bot. 

 1950 ; Berwick Flora, ii. 16 ; Gr. Fl. Eds. 219 ; 

 With. iii. 1000. 



/3 Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 311 ; Pluk. Phyt. t. 282, f. 3. 



x. On the walls of Blanchland Church, and on crags 

 at West Dipton near Hexham, on the Town walls 

 of Newcastle, and rocks at Warkworth Hermitage 

 and walls at Alnwick, also near Haltwhistle, N. 

 In the Freestone quarry on the west side of Hall- 

 barns, and in the wood at Blakelaw opposite Low 



JVIoralee near Wark in Tynedale Wallis, 24S. 



On the sea banks beyond Hudshead, and on Chapel 

 Crags near Belford. — Dr. Thompson. Near Ber- 

 wick, not rare, N. — Dr. G. Johnston. On rocks 

 in Cawsey Dene, and near the High Force Tees- 

 dale, also on walls at Lumley Castle, D. On ruins 

 at Bear's Park, D. — Rev. J. Symons. /3 on rocks 

 at Cocken, D., rare. 



13. ASPIDIUM. 



1. A. Lonchitis. Rough Alpine Shield-fern. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 284; Hook. Fl. Scot. 153 ; Poly- 

 podium Lonchitis, Eng. Bot. 797 ; Bolt. Fil. t. 

 19; With. iii. 1004. 



In fissures of rocks between Widdy Bank and Caul- 

 dron Snout, Teesdale, D. 



First found by the Rev. J. Harriman. 



2. A. Orcopteris. Heath Shield-fern, Fragrant-fern. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 286; Gr. Fl. Eds. 222; Ber- 

 wick Flora, ii. 11; Polypodinm Oreopteris, Eng. 

 Bot. 1019; With. iii. 1005; P. ThelypterU, 

 Bolt. Fil. 40, 22, f. 1, 2. 



In the west quarriesnear Spring Gardens, Newcastle, 

 and at the foot of Cheviot above Langley Ford, N. 

 In Cawsey Wood, on Gateshead Fell, on Beamish 

 Moor, near Urpeth, and on the banks of Pont 

 Bourn, also in Waskerley Dene, and near Me- 

 domsley and Darlington, D. On the banks of 

 Derwent above Blanchland, and of Beldou and 

 Nuckton Bourns, D. and N. In Arngill, D. — 

 Mr. J. Backhouse. 



3. A. Filix-mas. Blale Fern, Male Shield-fern. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 288; Hook. Fl. Scot. ii. 154; 



Lond. t. 40 ; Eng. Bot. 1458 ; Berwick Flora, 

 ii. 11 ; A. cristatum, Eng. Bot. 1949 : Poly/io- 

 dium Fcli.v-mas, Woodv. t. 49 ; Bolt. Fil. t. 44. 

 In woods, denes, and on hedge banks, common. 



4. A. lohatum. Close-leaved Prickly Shield-fern. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 291 ; Eng. Bot." 1563 ; Berwick 



Flora, ii. 1 1 ; Forster, Tonbr. 1 1 8 ; A. aculeatum, 

 Hook. Fl. Scot ii. 154 ; Br. Fl. 443 ; Gr. Fl. 

 Eds. 221 ; Poly podium lohatum, Hudson, 459. 

 /S F. Lonchitidi affmis, Ray. Syn., 2d ed., 48 ; Aspi- 

 dium aculeatum /3, Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 290. 



a, and P in woods and denes, common ; (i being the 

 plant in a young state. 



Though A. hbatum is common in every wood in these 

 counties, I have never met with A. acideaium, or its 

 variety, A. anyulare, which grow in the dene above 

 and below the Pease Bridge in Berwickhire.— See 

 Berwick Flora. In the south of England it is 

 common. 



5. A. dilatatum. Great Crested Shield-fern. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 293; Eng. Bot. 1461 ; Forster, 



Tonbr. 119; Berwick Flora, ii. 14; Hook. Fl. 



Scot. ii. 154 ; Polypodinm cristatum, Bolt. Fil. 



t. 23; With. iii. 1010. 

 /3 A. spinulosum, Eng. Bot. t. 1460 ; Sm. Eng. Fl. 



iv. 292; Forster's Tonb. 119; Swartz, Syn. 



Fil. 54, according to specimens from the Author. 

 a In woods and denes, frequent. /3 in Cawsey Wood, 



D. On Shaftoe Crags near Wallington, N. 

 /3 Should scarcely be considered a variety, being 

 merely the young state of the plant. 



6. A. Fihx-fcemina. Female Shield-fern. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 295 ; Eng. Bot. 1 459 ; Berwick 

 Flora, ii. 14; Hook. Fl. Scot. ii. 155; Polypo- 

 dium Fili.v-fwmina, Hudson, 458; Bolt. Fil. t. 25. 



In woods, denes, and under hedges, frequent. 



14. POLYPODIUM. 



1. P. vulgare. Common Polvpody. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 280 ; Eng. Bot. 1149 ; Woodv. 



Supp. 271 ; Bolt. Fil. t. 18 ; Curt. Lond. Fasc. 



i. t. 68; Hook. Fl. Scot. ii. 153 ; Berwick Flora, 



ii. 10. 

 On old walls, shady banks, and the trunks of trees. 



2. P. Phegopteris. Pale Mountain Polvpodv. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 282 ; Eng. Bot. 2224 ; Bolt. Fil. 

 t. 20; Gr.Fl. Eds. 222; With. iii. 1005; Ber- 

 wick Flora, ii. 10. 



In Cawsey Wood and Waskerley Dene, D. In 

 Cowclose and Arngills, D. — Mr. Jas. Backhouse. 

 On rocks at the foot of Cheviot, above Langley 

 Ford, and at Shewing-shields, N. On the banks of 

 Derwent, of Nuckton and Beldon Bourns above 

 Blanchland, N. and D. On the banks of Fallow- 

 lees Bourn, and on moors near Wallington, N. — 

 W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. 



3. P. Dryoptcris. Tender Three-branched Polvpodv. 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 282; Eng. Bot. 616; Bolt. Fil. 



t. 28; Gr. Fl. Eds. 222 ; With. iii. 1012 ; Ber- 

 wick Flora, ii. 11. 

 In Cawsey Wood, Feldon and Waskerly Denes, 

 Howns Wood, and above Winch Bridge Teesdale, 

 D. In Arngill and woods near Darlington, D. — 

 Mr. J. Backhouse. In Walbottle and Scotswood 

 Denes, on rocks at the foot of Cheviot above Lang- 

 ley Ford, at Shewing-shields, and West Dipton 

 near Hexham, also near Alnwick, N. On the 

 banks of the Derwent, and of Nuckton and Beldon 

 Bourns, N. and D. On the banks of Fallowlees 

 Bourn, near Hartburn, and on the south bank of 

 the Wansbeck south of Wallington, also in Twizeli 

 Dene, N.— W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. 



15. WOODSIA. 



1. W. ilvcnsis. Oblong Woodsia. 



Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. 322 ; Brown, Linn. Tr. xi. 173 ; 



Polypodium ilvensc, Swartz, Syn. Fil. 39. 

 At the foot of the Basaltic rocks on the Durham side 

 of the river Tees about two hundred yards below 



