WOODSIA IL YEN SIS. 



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much from the British plant, that I hesitate to pronounce them 

 identical. Should the British plant prove distinct, I beg to 

 propose that it should bear the name of Woodsia Eaiana. The 

 doubt as to this species being distinct from W. alpina (W. hy- 

 perborea of Smith), will again be noticed under my description 

 of that species. 



With regard to the genus to which these little plants are re- 

 ferrible, considerable difference of opinion appears to prevail. 

 Linneus, Bolton, Liljeblad, and Hudson, place them in the 



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