4 GeografJiical Handbook of Ferns. 



Asplenivm — continued. 



on rocks and old walls and buildings throughout Great Britain and 

 Ireland. Hooh. Brit. Fernx, t. 28. 



A. fissum, Kit. Hab. : Southern Germany and Italy, Hungary, 

 Croatia, Dalmatia, Turkey, Naples, Carniola, Isle of Gothland. 



A. Adiantum-nigrum, Lt'im. Hab. : throughout Europe ; Greece, 

 Norway, Britain. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. .3.3. 



A. fontanum,i?e;-«/s. Hab. : Central Europe ; England to Spain, 

 France, Italy, Germany, Greece. On walls and rocks ; very rare in 

 England ; a dubiiDus native. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. -34. 



A. lanceolatum, Muds. Hab. : warm parts of Europe ; Greece, 

 Spain, Portugal, islands of the Mediterranean ; extending north to 

 tlie southern parts of Britain ; in the greatest abundance within the 

 influence of the sea atmosphere. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. .32. 



A. (Ath)'rium) crenatum, jRuprecht. Hab. -. Norway, Sweden, 

 Lapland ; apparently common. 



A. (Athyr.) Filix-fosmina, Bernh. Hab. : throughout Europe ; 

 abundant in England, Scotland, and Ireland, moist shady places, 

 and damp woods. Hooh. Brit. Ferns, t. .35. 



A. fHemidictyum) Ceterach, Linn. Hab. : Britain and Gothland, 

 to Spain and Greece. ' In Italy (speaking generally) this growj 

 everywhere on dry rocks, and the Adiantuui everywhere on wet 

 rocks. The3' are the two most common ferns.' C. Banbury. 



Scolopendrlum. 



S. vulgare, Sw. Hab.: shady banks, woods, &o., throughout 

 Europe, from Scandinavia in the north, to Italy, Greece, and Spain ; 

 frequent in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 37. 



S. Hemionitis, Sw. Hab. : south of France, Italy, Sicily, Spain, 

 Greece. 



Aspidlum. 



A. (Polystichum) Lonchitis, Svz. Hab. : abundant in the tempe- 

 rate and cooler parts of Europe, chiefly on the elevated mountains in 

 the south ; and it appears to have an extensive range generally in the 

 northern hemisphere from Greenland (Disco) in the north, to 

 Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and Italy, Greece (Mount Olympus) 

 in the south. In loftj' clefts of mountains, among rocks and loose 

 stones, in the north of England and Wales; much more abundant 

 in Scotland, especially in the Breadalbane and Clova districts; rare 

 in Ireland. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 9. 



A (Polyst) aculeatum, Sw. Hab.. almost every part of the 

 known world ; var. Aspid. lohatum, Aspid. angnhire. Our typical 

 form is common throughout the temperate, and var. angulare in 

 the warmer parts of Europe, in Spain and Portugal, Greece, Morea, 

 Calabria. Abundant in Great Britain and Ireland, in shady banks 

 and lanes. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 10, 11, 12. 



KTeptirodlnm. 



N. (Lastrea) Thelypteris, Besv. Hab.: boggy, mar,shv ground 

 throughout Europe. Norwaj', to Spain and' Italy. In various 

 parts of England and Ireland; rare in Scotland, where it is said to 

 be peculiar to Forfarshire, in the Bog of Bestennet. Hook. Brit. 

 Ferns, t. 13. 



N. (Last.l montanum, Bnker (X. Oreopteris, Desv.). Hab. : Lap- 



