FILICES. 



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about Pill and Ham Green, liocks iit Erean Down. 

 Wells. Winscombe. Yatton. Abundant in all 

 the pariahea at the back of the Mondijia. Frequent 

 on walls near Bath. IV. — IX. 



BLECHNUM, Linn. 

 975. B. boreale, Sw. Jlard Fern. 



Native; in woods and on conuuonB, rather rare. 

 Nearly absent from the neighbourhood of Bristol, 

 and, in common with all other fenis, much reduced 

 in quantity by the ravages of itinerant street 

 hawkers, who bring the roots into Biistol for sale. 



0. Wyck. Yato Common. 



S. Still plentiful in some of the pi'csorved portions 

 of Leigh Wood. Formerly in St. Anne's Wood, 

 Brisliugton. Blackdowu. Sparingly in Cleovc 

 Combe. Norton Wootl, Clevedon. Sparingly near 

 Wells. Near Yatton. Vll. Vlll. 



PTERIS, Linn. 

 976. P, aquilina, L. Brakes ur Bracken. 



Native ; in woods, and on heaths and commons. Very 

 common, except in the alluvial lowlands. 



VII. VIII. 



(Adiantwm Capillus-Veneris, L. We have come across 



several accounts of the capture of liiaiden-hair 



ferns in various localities in the vicinity of Bristol 



and wo give them for wliat they are worth. 



" Under a bridge at Compton Dando, S., wliere it has 



been known some years." 

 "At the mouth of an old well near Clevedon"; 

 quoted in Cyh. Ihil., vol. iii. 



