362 FILICES. [Adiantum. 
at a ‘‘ considerable elevation,” its occurrence there is quite 
at variance with its usual habits in the British Isles. It is 
true there are a few large limestone erratics on the western 
slopes of this range, but several of these have been examined 
without success, and as this fern has not been seen elsewhere 
in Kerry, nor indeed anywhere in the south-west of Ireland, 
it seems better to await confirmation of these records, no 
doubt all referring to the same station, before admitting the 
Adiantum among the native plants of Kerry.] 
PTERIS Linn. 
P. aquilina Linn. Bracken. 
Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VII IX. 
Native. Heaths, moors, woods, sandhills, &c. Very 
common. Peren. July—September. Calcifuge B. 
From sea-level, to 1,600 feet on the Coomacarrea Moun- 
tain, Glenbeigh (R.W.S.), to 1,650 feet on Brandon and to 
1,700 feet on the Reeks (Hart). 
First record in 1844: 8. P. Woodward, Phytol., p. 878. 
[CRYPTOGRAMME cRISPA R. Br. Allosurus crispus Bernh. 
Parsley Fern. ‘‘ On the rocks among most of the mountains 
in the southern baronies ” (Dr. Smith) Hist. of Kerry, 1756, 
p. 373, No. 6. In this, as in several other records of Dr. 
Smith, it is difficult to suggest what plant was really in- 
tended. The Parsley Fern is not known to occur in the 
southern half of Ireland, and even in the few localities 
known in the north, it is found in very small quantity, so 
there can be no question of its former occurrence in many 
localities in Kerry and its subsequent recent extinction 
there. Probably Dr. Smith’s record really referred to a 
small mountain form of Lastrea emula which is often 
found in the stations he indicates, or possibly Cystopteris 
fragilis was the fern intended.] 
BLECHNUM Linn. 
B. Spicant With. B.boreale Swartz. Lomaria Spicant Desv. 
Hard Fern. 
Districts I. II. UI. IV. V. VI. VL. VIII. IX. 
Native. Heaths, moors, woods, banks, mountain cliffs, &c. 
Common. Peren. July—October. Calcifuge A. 
From sea-level, to 3,050 feet on Brandon (R.W.S.), and 
to 3,150 feet on the Reeks (Hart). 
First record in 1844: 8. P. Woodward, Phytol., p. 878. 
