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3. A. angulare Kit. — Soft Prickly Fern. 



Polystichum cmgulare Presl. 



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



Lat. 51i°-55J°. Througiiout Ireland. Type, EngUsh. 



"Woods, shady banks, &c. ; frequent. Frt. July-October. 



To 800 ft. in Dublin (iV. C.) ; but usuaUy lowland. 



LASTEJEA Presl. 

 1. L. Thelypteris Presl — Mm-sh Fern. 



Polystichum Thelypteris Eotb. 



Districts I. — — IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 52°-54i°. "West and North, chiefly. Type, EngUsh. 



Lowland. "Wet places ; rare and local. Frt. July-September. 



I. Between Muckross House and the Mines : Mach. Rwr. Eoss 

 Island, Killamey {Moore) : Cyh. Near the Upper Lake, Killamey ; 

 and still abundant in Mackay's and Moore's stations : R. W. 8. i88g, — 

 IV. Marshes in Glencree, "Wicklow : Mack. Cat. — V. At Lullybeg, 

 ■Co. Kildare {Mrs. Cooke Trench) ; at Drumconrath, Meath {Rev. S. 

 A. Brenan) : Reo. Add. — ^VI. By the river Pergus near Ennis, 

 Clare: Mack. Ra/r. On the "Huntiug Course" field at Castle 

 Taylor, Gralway : More 1885 ^ Cyi.^stiU there, 1896 ; Miss M. 

 F. Jackson. In the demesne at Portumna, and by Lough Derg, 

 further south {Moore) : Phytol. 184s, p. 130. — VII. Lisclogher 

 bog, "Westmeath {Miss F. ReynelT) : Cyh. — still there, and in 

 ' Quarry bog near Lough Drin : Levinge 'i8g^. Eookingham, Eos- 

 common {Moore) : Ree. Add, — VIII. Near Moore Hall, Lough 

 Carra, Mayo (</". Ball) : Cyh. — IX. Lake View (Cloonee), Lough 

 Cai-ra, Mayo, 1896; Miss M. F. Jackson. — X. Near Belturbet, 

 Cavan {Moore) : Cyl. Near Caledon, Tyrone {E. Wallis) : Rec. 

 Add. At Omagh and Grorteen Grap, Tyrone ( O. S. Kinahan) : 

 Phillips Sp Praeger i88y. — XL By the Erne a little way above 

 Ballyshannon {More) : Cyh. Eight bank of the Erne immediately 

 below Belleek : JIa/rt 1886. — XII. Plentiful about Portmore Park 

 and wood, 1794 {Templeton) : Whitla MS. & {Moore) : Cyh. Banks 

 of the Sixmilewater near Ballyclare, Antrim : Flor. Ulst. Now 

 destroyed by drainage operations iu this district : S.SfP. z8gj. 



Eirst found in Ireland by John Templeton iu 1794. 



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