448 FILICE8. 



ASPIDITJM Swartz. 

 1. A. Lonchitis Swartz — E.olly Fern. 



Polystiehum Lonchitis Eoth. 



Districts I. VIII. IX. — XI. — 



Lat. 62°-54f °. West and North-West. Type, HigHand. 



On mountain cliffs ; very rare and local. Frt. August- 

 October. 



I. Moist rocks in " Horse's Grlen," Mangerton : Carroll iS^'j — 

 still there spaiingly in 1888: R.W.S. i88g. On Brandon Hill 

 {8. P. Woodwa/rd) : Newman 1844. — and in 1883 : Bwrt 1884. 

 Cliffs above Lough Goagh, Macgillicuddy's Eeeks : Hmt 1882. 

 MuUaghanattin mountain, Glencar, Kerry, 1885 ; Rev. W. Colgan. — 

 VIII. Muckanaght, Twelve Bens, Galway : Sa/rt 1883 a. — IX. On 

 Ben Bulben and other mountains in Sligo ; on Glenade mountain, 

 Leitrim : Murphy i82g. Rare on Ben Bulben, but common on 

 parts of Glenade, &c. : B.^V. i88j. — XI. On Slieve League, 

 Donegal : FCa/rt 188^ y. 



From 1470 to 1850 ft. in Donegal {Sa/rt); 1160-1600 ft. on 

 Ben Bulben {B.SfV.); at 1200 ft. in Galway, and 2000-2800 ft. 

 in Kerry {Sort). 



First found by Edmund Murphy, on Ben Bulben, in 1826. 



2. A. aculeatum Swartz — Stiff Prickly Fern. 



Polystiehum aculeatum Both. 



Districts I. II. III. rV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 51i°-65i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Banks, rocks, and stony places ; not infrequent, but local. 

 Frt. July-October. 



Sea-level in Antrim and S. Cork. To 950 ft. in Donegal, 

 1500 ft. in Galway, and 2470 ft. in Kerry {Ea/rt). 



far. LOBAiUM {Swarti) — Polystiehum loiatum Presl — I. and II. 

 Stated by CarroU to be the usual form in Cork : Allin's Cork. — 

 VI. Abundant in Burren : Foot 1864. — VIII. Muckanaght and 

 Maumeen, Galway : Sart i88j a. — XL Blue Stack mountains, 

 Donegal [Mart) : Journ. of Bot. 1882. — XII. Occurs in the North- 

 East {Flor. N.-F.), but no localities given. 



Not often separated from A. aculeatum, and probably not infre- 

 quent in Ireland. 



