450 FILICES. [^Laatraa. 



2. L. Oreopteris Presl — 



Amidium Oreopteris Swartz — Kephrodiwrn Oreopteris Desv. 

 Districts I. II. III. IT. V. VI. VII- VIII. IX. X. XL XII. 

 Lat. 51|°-65J°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Mountains and moors; not infrequent, hut local. Frt. July- 

 Septemher.' Cdloifuge B. 



From 20 ft. to 2000 ft. in Down {S.Sj-F.); from 50 ft. (iZ. TF. S.) 

 to 1600 ft. in Kerry {Druce i8gi). 



A very unequally distributed species, rare or absent over wide 

 areas and chiefly confined to mountain districts. 



3. L. Filix-mas Presl — Male Fern. 



Polystiohum Filix-mas Eoth — Aspidium Filix-mas Swartz — 



Nephrodiwm Filix-mas Rich. 

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

 Lat. 51i°-56i°. Throughout Ireland, ry^j^, British. 



■Woods, hanks, &c. ; common. Frt. July-Septemher. 



Sea-level in IST. Deny and S. Cork. To 1800 ft. in Donegal, to 

 2380 ft. in Mayo, to 2850 ft. in Tipperary, and to 3150 ft. in 

 Kerry {Mart). 



4. L. spiuulosa Presl — Lesser Broad Fern. 



Polystichum spinulosum DC. — Aspidium spinulosum Swartz — 



NepJirodiurrl spinulosum Desv. 

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

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



Lowland. "Woods and damp places ; rare. Frt. July-Septemher. 



I. KiUamey: T. Moore 1855. Mucfcross, 1894; R.W.S. Near 

 Cahirciveen, Co. of Kerry, 1856; and — II. Curraghmore, Portlaw, 

 Co. Waterford : Kinahan 18^8. — III. Woods south of Maryborough : 

 Praeger i8q'j. — IV. Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow; A. Ellison. — 

 V. South of Thomastown, Kildare; bog between Athboy and 

 Navan, &c., Meath; and — VI. Abundant near Clonbrock, Galway: 

 Praeger i8qb ^ -97. Bog drains, Armagh Inch, near Birr, Co. 

 Tipperary : Kinahan 18^8. — VII, Ladiston, MuUingar {Moore) : 

 Cyh. Quarry and Lisclogher bogs, Westmeath : Levinge z8g4. — 

 VIII. Connemara : T. Moore 18^^. Drumman wood near Lough 

 Cullen; and — IX. Holymount, Mayo {More); Hazelwood, Sligo, rare 



