168 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Mr. [J. E.]Bowman. Oct. 1833.” This fern, of which Newman 
remarks, “One of the rarest—perhaps the very rarest—of our 
British = ’ is mentioned for seven vice- Somes in Watson’s 
Top. Bot. as under :—‘‘ 49. Carnarvon. Cheviotland. 70. 
Cumberland. 80. Roxburgh. 83. Ddinburgk ? 85. Fife. 89. 
—— East. (Supposederror. 5. Somerset South.]” As regards 
.-c. 83 Edinburgh, queried by Watson, specimens exist in Herb. 
Brit, Mus., labelled ‘‘ Blackford Hill near Edinburgh. Dr. Inglis,” 
ay at Kew, labelled, ‘‘ Gathered within two miles of Edinburgh. 
N. Fraser. 1857’ (Herb. A. G. More). Eee Rev. R. P. 
oan s Flora of Somerset ary) does not include 4. germanicum, 
but — from that county (v.-c. 5) exist in the soilostions at 
Kew from both Oare and Culbone. ‘The only dated specimen is 
labelled ‘‘ On a stone wall near Oare, in the ee of Culbone, on 
the borders of Devonshire and Somersetshire. 1840. Ex herb. 
N. B. Ward.” The following vice- ete may also be added to 
the above :—42. Brecon! J. EK. Bowman in herb. J. E. Winter- 
wst is close to the border.—69. Westmoreland. Found in 
Little Langdale, by J. Coward, in 1853 (J. G. Baker's Flora of 
ker (T. M e, lt. c.). ae n one or other of anthe counties ; ; Hel- 
acs station on re parting line.—C. HE. Saumon 
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