€ryptogramme.] FILICES. 443 



B. N. F. C. Proc. i8'/8.—X. On tie east side of Caiolteach [Cuilcagli] 

 mountaiiL near Florencecourt, sparingly {J. McDonald) : Cyh. — 



XI. Mountain near Ardara, very sparingly : Hart 1886. — 



XII. Slieve Bingian, Kilkeel, 1808 {^Templeton, Stolces & Maokay) : 

 Herl. Belf. Mus. Ee-fotmd recently on Slieve Bingian {Rev. S. 

 W. Lett &, Praeger) : Flor. W.-H. Plentiful on the Moume moun- 

 tains : Maolc. Cat. 182^. Clife between Cove and Commedagli 

 mountains, and south-east of Blue Lough, Down [Praeger) : Flor. 

 N.-E. ShanHeve ; Slievenabrook ; and north side of Donard, Down 

 {Rev. H. W. Lett) : B. N. F. C. Proc. 1885-86. Now become very 

 rare in the Mourne mountains and found on granite only : S. SfP. 

 i8g3 and i8g5. On SHevenanee, Antrim : Flor. Ulst. 1864 — still 

 there in 1884 {Rev. S. A. Brenan) : Flor. JV.-F. On Clontygeragh 

 mountain, Derry : Moore MS. In the liberties of Carrickfergus 

 (Moore) : Newman 1840. On the north side of Knocklayd near 

 Ballycastle, Antrim [Moore) : Cyh. Among fallen rocks below 

 Pair Head, Antrim, 1897 ; Rev. C. F. WArcy. 



Prom about 300 ft. in Antrim {Rev. C. F. d^Arcy) to 750 ft. in 

 Donegal {Sart) ; to 1700 ft. in Down {S. &f P.). 



Pirst found by Templeton, Stokes, and Mackay, on Slieve 

 Bingian, in 1808. 



BLECHNUM Linn. 

 1. B. Spicaut Eoth — Hard Fern. 



B. horeale Swartz — Lomaria Spicant Desv. 



Distiicts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 51^°-55i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



"Woods, banks, heaths, &c. ; common. Frt. July-October. 

 Caloifuge A. 



To sea-level in Derry and in 8. Cork. To 2160 ft. ia Donegal 

 {Hart); to 2400 ft. in Down {S.&P.); to 3000 ft. in Wicklow 

 {N. C.) ; to 2550 ft. in Tipperary, and to 3150 ft. in XeiTy {Hart). 



ASPLENIUM Linn. 



1. A. lauceolatum Huds. — Hudson's Spleenwort. 



Districts I. II. — — — — — — — — — — 



Lat. 51J°-52J°. Cork and Ken-y only. Type, Atlantic. 



Lowland. Banks and walls, usually near the sea ; very local and 

 rare. Frt. July-October. 



