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to Mr. Wilson and Dr. Wood for specimens from that locality. Mr. Gib- 

 son found it about two miles from Liverpool, on the way to Runcorn ; Mr. 

 S. Thompson informs me he has found it at Knot's Hole, the Dingle ; and 

 adds that he is also informed, on good authority, that it grows on the red 

 sandstone rock in the village of Newton, on the Liverpool and Manchester 

 railway. Mr. Simpson has observed it abundantly upon the rocks near 

 Heysham, and in a cave at the head of Moreoambe Bay. 



Cheshiee. — I found it on the rocks called the Red Noses, at New 

 Brighton ; and Mr. Wilson and Mr. Watson have subsequently given me 

 this as a station. Dr. Wood informs me that " on the rooks of Hilbre 

 Island, at the mouth of the river Dee, on the coast of Cheshire, the species 

 is met with in great quantities." — Phytol. i. 481. 



Cakrnaevonsheie. — Mr. Pinder informs me he found it on the Eagle 

 Tower, in Caernarvon Castle ; and Mr. Wilson has found it at Orme's Head. 



Anglesea. — We learn from Ray that it occurs upon the rocks about 

 Priestholm Island, and at Llandwjm ; the Rev. Hugh Davies says it is com- 

 mon on the rocks ; and Mr. Watson gives me the South Stack as a locality. 



Merionethshiee. — I have seen specimens from near Towyn. 



Caediganshtre. — In many places : I found it very iine on the castle- 

 rook, and on the castle- wall at Aberystwith. 



Pembeokeshibe. — Mr. Kippist informs me that he observed it abun- 

 dantly in several places along the cliffs between Tenby and Saundersfoot ; 

 and Mr. Lees, that he found it in deep fissures of the trap rocks at Fish- 

 guard, and in caves and cavities of the old red sandstone near St. Justinian's 

 chapel, St. David's, opposite to Ramsay Island, on St. Catherine's Island, 



Tenby, &c. 



Glamoeganshire. — I learn from Mr. Dillwyn and other botanists, 

 that it occurs in the following localities : — Near Neath ; Mumbles light- 

 house ; between the Mumbles and Penyard Castle ; near Swansea ; near 

 Dunraven ; near Oystermouth ; on Barry Island, coast of Gower ; and 

 plentifully in Bacon's Hole. 



SoMEESETSHiEB. — Mr. Griudon informs me that he found it in a cave 

 by the rocky beach near Clevedon, on the 6th of July, 1843. It formerly 

 grew here in great abundance, and also at Portishead. My kind friend, 

 Mr Thomas Clark, has given me a plant from Weston-super-Mare, in this 

 county ; and my friend, Mr. W. Tanner, has also given me Weston-super- 

 Mare as a locality. 



Devonshiee.— Miss Griffiths gives me Dawlish and Ilfracombe as loca- 

 lities The Rev. W. S. Here informs me it is common in sea-caves ; Mr. 

 Ralfs has found it at Torquay and Salcombe. Mr. Beynon informs me 

 that it grows in cavernous fissures of the rocks m many parts of the coast 

 near Torquay; for instance, Liver Mead, Daddy Hole, Mead Foot, and 

 Hope's Nose. Mr. Sparkes observed it in a sea-cave at Babbicombe ; and 



