1 2 Phillips and Praeger — The Ferns of Ulster. 



Down.— Slieve Donard and sandhills at Dundrum, Dr. Dickie. Kademon 

 Demesne and near Tyrella, C. Dickson. Cultra, W. Millen, and later, 

 W. H. P. — now extinct. Drumbo Glen, Alexander Robertson. Plentiful 

 in Tollymore Park — a well-known station — and near the Spa, Ballyna- 

 hinch, W. H. P. Near Dunbeg Lake N.W. of Ballynahinch, and spar- 

 ingly near Newtownards and Dundondald, R. LI. P. 



Louth. — By the Two-Mile River on Carlingford Mountain, R. LI. P. 



Armagh.— Plentiful in the woods on Ferry Hill above Narrow Water, R. LI. P. 



Derry. — Ooleraine, Moore's N. P. Ferns. Garvagh, David Moore. On an old 

 bank inland from Portrush, W. H. P. 



Donegal. — Milroy Bay, Lough Derg, Lough Swilly and Errigal Mountain, 

 Moore's N. P. Ferns. Killybegs and Lough Eske, R. Barrington. Innis- 

 howen Head, Aran Island, and in woods near Oarndonagh, and at Glenalla, 

 Rathmullen, and Carrablagh, H. 0. Hart. Buncrana, W. H. P. 



Tyrone. — Strabane Glen and Sion Mills, W. H. P. Near Pomeroy, S. A. 

 Stewart. 



Fermanagh. — Near Pollaphuca, R. Barrington. Carrick and Drumbad, S. A. 

 Stewart. Frequent in the county, W. H. P. 



Cavan. — Lough Sheelin, and by the R. Erne at Lough Gowna, R. LI. P. 



Sligo. — Abundant on Ben Bulben ; shores and islands of Lough Gill, W.H.P. 



Leitrim. — Glencar and Glenade, R. Barrington and R. P. Vowell. 



angustiplnnula. Tollymore Park, Co. Down, W. H. P. 



4. POLYSTIOHUM. SHIELD FERN. 



1. P. loarcHiTiSn Holly Fern. 



On mountains, among stones. Very rare. 



Ascends to the summit of Ben Bulben (1721 feet), T. H. Gorry. 

 Donegal. — Rosses and Fanet mountain passes,* and in a glen east of Lough 



Eske, David Moore. Slieve League, H. 0. Hart. 

 Sligo. — On Ben Bulben and other mountains in County Sligo, Dr. Mackay, 



and later by S. A. Stewart and T. H. Corry. 

 Leitrim. — On the Glenade Mountains, W. H. P. Common in parts of Glenade, 



R. Barrington and R. P. Vowell. 



2. P. ACUX.EATUM. Prickly Shield Fern. 



Woods, hedgebanks, and stony places. Rather local. An upland fern. 



Antrim. — Glenarm, Cushendall, &c, Templeton. Colin Glen, W. Thomp- 

 son. Stoneyford, Wolfhill, Crow Glen, Lough Mourne, Woodburn, and 



* "Having applied to Dr. Moore, I learn this was a mistake."— H. C. Hart. 



