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confined to the few counties I have mentioned ; hut these are 

 the only habitats for the accuracy of which I am enabled to 

 vouch from actual observation. 



In Scotland it is certainly a rare fern, but the following localities may 

 be recorded : — (Hoy Hill, Orkney ; Mr. Anderson). Isle of Mull ; Mr. 

 W. Tanner, to whom I am indebted for a specimen. (Isle of Arran ; Dr. 

 Balfour). Shore of Loch Lomond ; a lady, who has obligingly sent me a 

 specimen. (Forfarshire ; the late Mr. Gardiner). 



England and Wales. — (Northumberland ; Mr. Embleton : " Rocks 

 in the dean below Marshall-meadows; and from Dirrington Law;" — 

 ' Terra Lindisfamensis,' p. 248. I think the learned author, in calling it a 

 " reputed species," and using other similar expressions, imphes that he is 

 not at home with this odoriferous plant). Cumberland ; I am indebted 

 to Mr. Pinder for specimens gathered near St. Bees Head, in this county : 

 and through the kindness of other correspondents, I have seen many spe- 

 cimens from the coast of the county. Yorkshire ; I am indebted to Mr. 

 Bean for beautiful specimens gathered near Scarborough, and to my kind 

 friend, Mr. Tatham, for others from near Settle. Descending southward, 

 it appears again in North Wales : Dr. Allohin, and several other botanists, 

 have gathered it in the Snowdon district ; and I possess a specimen from 

 the very spot where it was first found by Mr. Lloyd : Mr. Maw has lately 

 found it on Holyhead mountain in abundance, and has kindly shown me 

 his specimens, some of which exactly resemble Plukenet's elegant figure : 

 and Mr. Edward Young has found it at Melincourt Waterfall, in Glamor- 

 ganshire, but nowhere else in the Vale of Neath, which he has thoroughly 

 searched. (Somersetshire; the Rev. W. H. Coleman). Devonshire; the 

 Rev. W. S. Hore, whose specimens I have not seen, but who is well ac- 

 quainted with the species, has found it in great abundance around Clovelly, in 

 this county, extending nearly to Helsworthy, which-is about ten miles inland 

 (see Phytol. iv. 96). In Cornwall it has been observed by so many botanists 

 that I can scarcely enumerate them : from the Rev. W. S. Hore, the Rev. 0. 

 A. Johns, the Rev. W. T. Bree, Mr. Ralfs, Mr. R. Watson, Mr. T. West- 

 combe, the late Mr. Alfred Greenwood, Mr. W. Bennett, and a number of 

 others, I have received specimens or localities ; indeed, it seems to be the 

 most common feni in this maritime county. Sussex ; I am ijidehted to 

 Mr. Bree for a specimen procured by Mr. Dickson from this county ; and 

 to Mr. E. Jenner, of Lewes, for several others, gathered at Bridge Rocks, 

 Tunbridge Wells : Mr. Jenner had also the kindness to conduct me to 

 the spot where it abounds, and thus afforded me the pleasui-e of examin- 

 ing the plant in every stage while yet growing ; I found that every charac- 

 ter seemed to justify the opinion I had formed in Ireland four years pre- 

 viously, of its being perfectly distinct as a species : Mr. Lu.xford has found 



