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unique, those ferns were Polys. Ang. Rotundatum, of Elworthy 

 a Somerset form, and Polys. Ang. Acrocladon, of Mapplebeck, 

 found in South Devon. Mr. Phillips produces unmistakeable 

 counterparts of both (Rotundatum, found at Ligoniel, and 

 Acrocladon, found on the road to Sugar Loaf Mountain, Co. 

 Dublin.)" 



" Another most rare and marked form, Polys. Ang. Brachiato 

 Cristatnm, which long experience seemed to have been proved 

 conclusively to be peculiar to the South of England, Mr. 

 Phillips also finds in the North of Ireland, in Co. Fermanagh.' 



It was exactly the same with another rare and beautiful 

 form, Polys. Ang. Setoso-Cuneatum, found in the Deerpark, 

 Belfast, of which only two plants had ever before been found, 

 one by Mr. Moly, the other by Mr. Wollaston, both in the 

 south-west ot England. 



To these may be added the Polys. Aug. Divisilobnm 

 Phillips, found at Castlecoole, on which Mr. Wollaston has 

 passed judgment as a gem of the first water. This closely re- 

 sembles the celebrated Divisilobnm Wollastonii. and the 

 Divisilobnm Crawfordice, commonly called in this neighbour- 

 hood the Crawfordsburn fern. 



I may notice that of Divisilobes 16 were found in the United 

 Kingdom — 3 in Somerset, 7 in Devon, 1 in Hants, 5 in Ireland, 

 of which 3 were by myself. 



In 1892 the North of England Pteridological Society was 

 formed, of which I became a member, afterwards its name was 

 altered to the British Pteridological Society. This Society is 

 entirely devoted to the science of ferns in all their aspects. 

 We have our meeting always on the first Monday in August 

 in each year, nearly always at Windermere, at which papers 

 are read, new forms exhibited and named. This brings together 

 a large number of experts, and is a great enjoyment, and a 

 great opportunity to meet the members, who come from all 

 parts of the united kingdom. On several occasions the Society 

 invited me to read papers. In 1894 1 rea d a paper on " Some 

 of the Results of Fern Hunting in Ireland ;" in 1898 a. paper 



