30 FLORA OF JERSEY. 



DiYision 2. EMBRYOPHYTA ZOIDIOGAMA. 



(AkCHEGONIATjE.) 



Polypodiaceae. 



1. Gymnogeamme Desv. 



1. G. LEPTOPHYLLA DeSV. (GkAMMITIS Sw.) 



Native. Warm, sheltered crevices in rocky or sandy banks. 

 Very local. February to May. 



St. Saviour's./. Piquet s^). 1864 ! St. Laurence. La 

 Haule. Science Gossip, 1884. Near St. Ouen's Manor and 

 near St. Catharine's Harbour. Q. T. Derricl- in Proceedings 

 of the Guernsey Nat. Hist. Soc, 1889. Apparently extinct in 

 several of these localities. 



A beautiful and delicate little annual of the Mediterranean 

 Begion, straggling up the Atlantic coasts as far as Brittany, 

 Jersey, and Guernsey. There are several successive crops of 

 seedlings in each spring. In Jersey it appears as early 

 as February, but Lloyd gives May and June. Much less 

 common than formerly according to Mr. J. Piquet. 



2. POLYPODIUJI L. 

 1. P. VULGAEB L. 



Native. EockM, walls, hedges, and tree-trunks. "\'ery common. 

 Guernsey. Alderney. Sark. France. 



3. Pteris L. 

 1. p. aquilina l. 



Native. Cliffs and rough hillsides. Common. 

 Guernsey. Alderney-. Sark. France. 



4. Adiantum L. 

 1. A. Capillus-Vbnbeis L. 



Native. Moist rocks in sea-caves. Very rare. 



Plemont. J. Piquet, sii. 1872 1 Still there. 

 S. and W. Europe as far north as the Isle of Man, but very 

 local north of La Gironde. Absent from Normandy : very 

 rare in Brittany. 



