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In England it has been recorded for the following counties : — In 

 Northumberland, Mr. Embleton has found it plentifully in Learmouth 

 bogs. In Westmoreland, the Rev. Mr. Pinder found it in Hammersham 

 bog. In Yorkshire, Mr. Hardy finds it at Potterie Car ; Mr. Bean at 

 Scarborough ; Mr. S. Thompson, at Askham bog, also near York : Hes- 

 lington fields, Terrington Soar, and several other localities, are mentioned 

 by my correspondents. In Cumberland, it occurs at Glencoin, Blowike, 

 Ulswater, and Kesvfick, as recorded in the ' Botanist's Guide.' In Che- 

 shire it is a fem of common occurrence : Harnicroft wood, near Wernith, 

 is recorded in the ' Botanist's Guide ; ' Mr. Wilson, of Warrington, has 

 found it in Newchurch bog, near Over, on Knutsford Moor, and on Ros- 

 therne Moor. In Nottinghamshire, it is abundant in O.xton bogs and in 

 Bulwell bogs ; in the first it was found by Dr. Howitt, and in both by Mr. 

 Sidebotham. In Shropshire, my very kind and trustworthy friend, Mr. T. 

 Westcombe, tells me he has found it at Berrington pool. In Warwick- 

 shire it was formerly found by the Rev. W. T. Bree near AUesley ; subse- 

 quently supposed to have become extinct on account of the draining of the 

 bog (see Mag. Nat. Hist. v. 199), but recently discovered in luxuriant pro- 

 fusion by Mr. W. G. Perry ; the swamp is indicated on the Ordnance Map 

 by a faint nebulous mark, it is four mUes N.N.W. of Warwick, half a mile 

 N. of Goodrest Lodge, and within a few yards of Roundsel lane, (see Phy- 

 tol. iv. 1135). In Norfolk it is common in aU the fen country, — Homing 

 Marshes, St. Faith's, Upton Fen, Filby Broad, Holt Edgefield, Scaring 

 Fen, and Felthorpe Fen ; I am indebted to correspondents for the sight of 

 examples from many of these locaUties, and all of them have, I behove, 

 been recorded by Mr. S. P. Woodward: " This fem grows in the greatest 

 abundance in all the swampy uncultivated ground on the bank of the river 

 below Norwich," — Rev. W. S. Here, in Phytol. iv. 95. In Suffolk, Mr. 

 Stock finds it near Bungay ; and Lound Hipton and Brodwell Common 

 are given as localities in the ' Botanist's Guide.' In Cambridgeshire, Mr. 

 Relhan records the following stations : — " Fulbourne, by the foot-path to 

 the mdl, on both sides ; Teversham Moors ; Gamlingay." In Bedford- 

 shire, Potton Marshes are recorded in the ' Botanist's Guide.' In Essex, 

 I have seen it growing at Epping, where it was discovered by Mr. John 

 Ray, a lineal descendant of the immortal botanist; and the late Mr. E. 

 Forster found it growing abundantly on Baddow Common. In Kent, my 

 kind friend, Mr. Ward, found it on the borders of Ham Ponds, near Sand- 

 wich, and Mr. Kippist subsequently in the same locahty ; and Mr. H. L. 

 Jenner, Mr. Sparkes, the late Mr. Peete, the late Mr. W. Christy, and 

 many others, have observed it at North Cray. In Surrey, Mr. Salmon 

 finds it in a single station called Hurtmore Bottom, near Godalming, and 

 many botanists have gathered it round the base of Leith Hill, where it was 

 originally observed by Mr. Borrer. In Sussex, it occurs frequently in 



