Asplenium.| FILICES. 363 
ASPLENIUM Linn. 
A. lanceolatum Huds. Spleenwort (genus). 
Districts — — [11] — V. — — — — 
Native. On roadside banks (and on ruins). Very rare and 
local. Peren. July—October. 
(III. On an old tower at Reencahirne near Portmagee 
and on Ballycarbery Castle near Cahersiveen (Rev. S. 
Madden) Rec. Add. 1872—no subsequent confirmation and 
not seen in either station in 1896 by R.W.S.]—V. Sparingly 
near the village of Camp, Tralee Bay (R.W.S.) Journ. of 
Bot., 1893, p. 20. 
First record in 1872 : Rev. 8S. Madden, Rec. Add. 
This appears to be one of the rarest ferns in Ireland, as 
outside the localities given above, it is known to occur only 
in a few places in the neighbouring county Cork and in a 
recently discovered station in Carlow. In the Rev. S. 
Madden’s Portmagee and Cahersiveen stations, which admit 
of very easy examination, this fern has either been exter- 
minated, or, possibly, some error of identification may have 
been made, as on neither of these old castles could a trace 
of this plant be found in 1896; both A. Adiantum-nigrum 
and A. marinum grew on them in some abundance, with 
A. Trichomanes and Polypodiwm vulgare on Ballycarbery. 
A. Adiantum-nigrum Linn. Black Spleenwort. 
Districts I. II. I. IV. V. VI. VII. VITE. IX. 
Native. Walls, hedge-banks, rocks, &c. Common and 
locally abundant. Peren. July—October. 
From sea-level, to 1,500 feet on the Reeks (Hart), to 1,700 
feet on the north side of the Paps Mountain (#.W.S.), and 
to 1,800 feet “in Kerry ” (Druce). 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 378, 
No. 5. ‘‘ In the wood near the lake of Killarney, on the 
side of Toomish mountain, also on the walls of the ruined 
abbey on the island of Innisfalen, and other places.” 
Var. acutum (Bory)—III. Inveragh [Iveragh], and above 
Blackstones, Glen Caragh : Thos. Moore 1855. On the walls 
of an old slate-yard, Knightstown, Valencia, 1913: John 
Lecky.—IV. By Caragh Lake (Miss Battersby) Cyb. 1898. 
Near the Sugarloaf, Caragh Lake, 1895: R.W.S. On the 
Purple Mountain (G. H. Kinahan) Cyb. 1866.—V. On Cahir 
Conree Mountain six miles from Tralee (W. Andrews) Flor. 
Hib. 1836.—VI. On limestone rocks at Muckross, 1805 : 
